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MONTPELIER, VT - April 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A 355-acre forest which includes a variety of popular trails used for hiking, mountain biking, snowmobiling and cross-country skiing will be protected as the Barre Town Forest, The Trust for Public Land and the U.S. Forest Service announced today.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In one of the largest single grants to the state to help after Tropical Storm Irene, Senator Patrick Leahy (D), Senator Bernie Sanders (I), Congressman Peter Welch (D) and Governor Peter Shumlin (D) Wednesday announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is releasing $17,932,000 in community rebuilding funds to Vermont from a disaster relief appropriations bill passed by Congress and signed by the President in January. Leahy, Sanders and Welch supported the disaster relief measure and wrote a letter to HUD advocating for the funding.

BARRE, VT - March 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- After Tropical Storm Irene swept through Vermont, many residents were left homeless in areas of the state that were already experiencing shortages of affordable housing.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Department of Economic, Housing and Community Development announced today that Lars Hasselblad Torres has been hired as Director of the Agency’s Office of the Creative Economy (OCE).

MONTPELIER - March 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Peter Shumlin announced today that the state will use CDBG Disaster Recovery funds to cover 75 percent of the cost to towns of buying out homes that have been found to be ineligible for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A new poll released today by the Castleton Polling Institute continues to show overwhelming public support for building renewable wind energy turbines on Vermont ridgelines. Further, the poll indicates that support for wind among Vermonters does not drop off when the question is asked about building a wind project “in your community.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sen. Patrick Leahy (D), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) and Rep. Peter Welch (D) Monday announced that NeighborWorks will be awarding $427,230 in federal funds to help inform Vermonters about homeownership and to preserve and develop affordable rental housing. This first round of 2013 grants allocates federal budget funds for the first half of the fiscal year

WATERBURY - February 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy and Gov. Peter Shumlin today announced a $950,000 award from the Agency of Commerce and Community Development to redevelop Ladd Hall in Waterbury into 27 new homes. The project is made possible by a recent agreement by the state to transfer ownership of the building and include affordable housing in the redevelopment of the State Office Complex. Joining them was Regional Administrator Barbara Fields from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- FEMA has approved Vermont’s request for $373,000 in additional funding for the Disaster Case Management Program helping individuals and families still recovering from Tropical Storm Irene.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- On Thursday, January 24, the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board approved awards of $625,000 in VHCB funding and $455,000 in federal HOME Program funds to the Central Vermont Community Land Trust and Housing Vermont for the acquisition and reconfiguration of Ladd Hall on South Main Street in Waterbury to create 27 new, affordable apartment

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Champlain Housing Trust presented four community leaders with awards at its annual meeting Saturday night with more than 150 attending. Attendees also elected members of the Board of Directors, and six staff were recognized for their ten years of work at the organization

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Vermont Department of Health has developed a free online service that will make it easier for owners and managers of pre-1978 rental housing to comply with essential maintenance practices mandated by the Vermont Lead Law.

BURLINGTON - January 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Executive Director Sarah Carpenter announced Tara Brown of Hinesburg, VT has joined Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA) as Loan Servicing Assistant.

BURLINGTON - December 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA) has taken two big steps towards making housing more affordable in the Green Mountain State.

BURLINGTON - December 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Executive Director Sarah Carpenter announced Seth Leonard of Winooski, VT has joined Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA) as Homeownership Outreach Coordinator.

December 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced four winners of the 2012 Smart Growth Achievement Awards. In a national competition among 47 applicants from 25 states, the Brattleboro Food Co-op, the Windham & Windsor Housing Trust and Housing Vermont won the Main Street Revitalization category for their development of a new, energy efficient building for the co-op with 24 apartments on the upper stories. The winning entries were chosen based on their effectiveness in creating sustainable communities, fostering equitable development among public, private, and non-profit stakeholders and serving as national models for environmentally and economically sustainable development. The EPA will recognize the winning organizations at a ceremony in Washington D.C. on December

November 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Announcement will take place on Thursday, November 29, 2012, 12:30 – 12:55 p.m. at the “Financing the Working Landscape conference”, sponsored by the National Bank of Middlebury, People’s United Bank, the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, Co-operative Insurance Companies, the Vermont Economic Development Authority and Yankee Farm Credit during the luncheon presentation at the American Legion, 49 Wilson Road, Middlebury, VT 05753. Keynote speaker Paul Costello, Executive Director of the Vermont Council on Rural Development, will speak at 12:30 to talk about the history of the Working Landscape Partnership, followed by the announcement of the Working Landscape fund availability

BURLINGTON - November 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A packed room of about 430 people gathered this morning at the Burlington Hilton to hear Governor Shumlin’s opening address and the plenary session of the biennial Statewide Vermont Housing Conference.