Source: WCAX.com, April 8, 2010
“Native Texan Alexia Wilson moved to Vermont last month with her 19-month-old grandson. She rented an apartment– sight unseen. After being in the apartment for about a month, the landlord sent her a letter to vacate claiming her child was too loud, after neighbors complained about the noise coming from her apartment.
“She rented to me knowing that I had a child. Now she’s wanting to kick me out because I have a child,” Wilson said.
WCAX News contacted the landlord, Rose Jackson, who resides in Florida.
Reporter Melinda Davenport: She feels like she’s been discriminated against. Is that true? [More ...]
Tags: Discrimination, Fair Housing, Rentals
By Melinda Davenport
Source: WCAX.com, April 7, 2010
“In this tight economy, rentals across Vermont are in even more demand than usual with the vacancy rate at less than 1 percent– and apartment scams on the internet seem to be taking hold.
“A month ago, I was still looking and I found a three-bedroom house, $700,” Dennise Demers said, “and it just seemed too good to be true. It was, it was some sort of scam that the guys said it was from Nigeria, and was asking me for more information, and asking for first month’s rent without answering my questions, not having me look at the place.” [More ...]
Tags: Fair Housing, Rentals, Scams
“Yesterday we substantially beefed up the mapping capabilities of the Vermont Directory of Affordable Housing (DoARH).
The DoARH, part of the Vermont Housing Data Web site, is a searchable database of all subsidized rental housing in the state — 12,826 units at last count. [More ...]
Tags: Affordable Housing, DoARH, Housing Needs Assessment, Mapping, Rentals, Vermont Housing Data
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