Vermont RealEstateRama

BURLINGTON, VT - November 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The state’s non-profit network of NeighborWorks® HomeOwnership Centers of Vermont (HOCs) received the 2010 Housing Hero award. Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA) Executive Director Sarah Carpenter presented the award to six HOC representatives at yesterday’s 2010 Vermont Statewide Housing Conference held at the Hilton in Burlington.

BURLINGTON, VT - November 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- A record number 480 people attended yesterday’s Vermont Statewide Housing Conference held at the Hilton in Burlington. The previous record for the biennial event was nearly 450 in 2006. “This year’s huge attendance is partly due to an increasing awareness of the importance of housing, a result of the mortgage crisis that brought the topic to the top of the news over the last year,” says VHFA Policy & Planning Manager Maura Collins, chief organizer of the conference

BURLINGTON, VT - November 18, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today introduced Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan at the Vermont Housing Conference where both addressed the need for greater access to affordable housing in rural states

BURLINGTON, VT - November 10, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Burlington’s Community & Economic Development Office (CEDO) has published “Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice.” The 50-page report examines hurdles that might prevent Burlington residents from equal access to housing opportunities and suggests potential solutions

November 9, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- How familiar are you with Vermont’s unclaimed property program? The state has had an unclaimed property law on the books for more than 40 years and has for decades worked to alert Vermonters to check for their name. However, despite ongoing outreach efforts, phone calls and comments about unclaimed property made to the State Treasurer’s Office staff suggest some are still unclear about what the program is. Consider these examples

RE TOWN, VT - November 9, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Central Vermont Community Land Trust (CVCLT) has converted a dilapidated foreclosed property in Barre Town into a sustainable new home with low operating costs, thanks to funding from an innovative federal program.

WEST RUTLAND, Vt. - October 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today announced a $175,000 federal energy efficiency grant for a 17-unit affordable housing project in the historic St. Stanislaus School and Convent buildings.

October 26, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- A new report on the Vermont’s non-profit affordable housing providers says the state should consider consolidating them and introducing performance measures to increase efficiency and accountability

Burlington, VT - October 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Vermont received 250 housing choice vouchers (HCV) from HUD’s Rental Assistance for Non-Elderly Persons with Disabilities Program.

Montpelier, VT - September 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The state has given the Town of Colchester a green light for a Tax Increment Financing District within the Severance Corners Growth Center, a move that will assist the town’s development efforts there.

COLUMBIA, MD - September 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- South Burlington-based Cathedral Square Corporation today received a MetLife Foundation Award for Excellence in Affordable Housing.

BURLINGTON, VT - August 23, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- On July 1, Sarah and Thad Launderville realized their dream of becoming homeowners when they moved into their new house on Williamstown’s Pleasant Street.

RANDOLPH, Vt. - August 12, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senator Patrick Leahy Thursday told representatives of the Randolph Area Community Development Corporation (RACDC),

BURLINGTON, VT - June 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- In spite of the softening real estate market, Vermonters earning the median income still could not afford the median priced home, according to a new report released today.

Washington, DC - May 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Eliot Engel announced three Housing and Urban Development grants for Mount Vernon totaling $2,833,767 to develop housing and economic opportunities, improve emergency homeless shelters, and expand the supply of decent housing to low- and very low-income families.

Washington, DC - May 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Energy announced today that Vermont has weatherized 847 homes under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act as of March 31, 2010.

BURLINGTON, VT - May 13, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Proctor Place, a 12-unit elderly housing development in Rutland County’s Town of Proctor, is the first to use funds from Vermont Housing Finance Agency’s (VHFA’s) new pre-development loan program, funded by the MacArthur Foundation.

BURLINGTON, VT - April 22, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Vermonters who rent live in the 15th least affordable state in the nation, according to a new report jointly released by the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), a Washington, DC-based housing advocacy group, and the Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition.