Posted Aug 29, 2008 at 12:47 pm by Craig Bailey
New England Resident Service Coordinators Inc. (NERSC) has announced its new President and Board of Directors.
Jean Benson Bernstein will lead the Massachusetts-based non-profit as President. She is Director of Resident Services for WinnResidential and has served on the NERSC Board for three years.
NERSC, incorporated in 2004, provides professional development and networking opportunities for resident service coordinators in all six New England states.
Read about the other Board members in NERSC’s press release.
Category: Partner organizations
Posted Aug 29, 2008 at 11:06 am by Craig Bailey
We’ve posted our latest official bond statement online for download as a PDF document.
The document pertains to VHFA Multipurpose Bond Series 2008C.
Read the official statement (845kb; PDF).
Category: Finance
Posted Aug 28, 2008 at 9:10 am by Craig Bailey
Officials at Vermont 2-1-1, the free referral service operated by the United Ways of Vermont, report more calls this year have been regarding housing assistance than in 2007.
An article in this morning’s Burlington Free Press provides some numbers: Through last month, calls in 2008 regarding housing totaled 1,916, compared to a total of housing-related calls in 2007 of 2,089.
In Chittenden County, housing-related calls through last month totalled 590, compared with a total of 669 for last year.
The article quotes Vermont 2-1-1 Director MaryEllen Mendl as saying, “It’s not just that people can’t afford housing anymore; they can’t keep what they have.”
Read the Free Press story. Or read Vermont 2-1-1′s summary report of 2007 “homeless and at-risk callers.”
Category: Economy, Housing in the news, Partner organizations
Posted Aug 28, 2008 at 8:51 am by Craig Bailey
This is the latest of several quick bios we’ll blog of speakers scheduled to appear at the Vermont Statewide Housing Conference, Nov. 18 in South Burlington.
Read about other speakers scheduled to present at the event and register to attend at the conference Web site.
Anne Duncan Cooley is Executive Director of the Upper Valley Housing Coalition, a nonprofit advocacy organization promoting workforce housing. She also serves on the board of Twin Pines Housing Trust, a nonprofit developer and manager of affordable housing; on the steering committees of the New Hampshire Workforce Housing Council and the Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition; as a Director of the New Hampshire Homebuilders Public Policy Alliance for Housing; and as a Director and recent Board Chair of the Upper Valley United Way.
Anne holds degrees from Mt. Holyoke College and Vermont Law School (with honors). She is also a 2008 graduate of Leadership New Hampshire.
She served as Trial Court Law Clerk in Bennington County, Vt., before joining the law firm of Stebbins, Bradley, Harvey and Miller in Hanover, N.H., practicing in both New Hampshire and Vermont. She was a founder and member of the Upper Valley Women Lawyers, a network organization for mentoring female attorneys.
She’ll be presenting at the conference as part of the Cottage Development workshop.
Category: Events, Statewide Housing Conference
Posted Aug 26, 2008 at 9:43 am by Craig Bailey
VHFA bid Multifamily Management Officer John Burczy farewell as part of a general staff meeting this morning. John, who has been with the Agency just months shy of 20 years, will conclude his tenure this Friday.
With a respectful nod to John’s trademark fashion accessory, many staff members wore Hawaiian shirts to the meeting.
In lieu (or luau) of a greeting card, staff signed a poster featuring classic guitars for the musical aficionado.
In an email to staff, Director of Multifamily Programs Sam Falzone noted, “John has carved out a permanent place in collective consciousness.
“He has not only represented VHFA multifamily programs with complete professionalism and compassion, John has touched us all with his humor, great stories and unselfish generosity.”
Category: Misc
Posted Aug 25, 2008 at 2:47 pm by Craig Bailey
Central Vermont Community Land Trust (CVCLT) has named Eileen Peltier Executive Director.
Eileen, who lives in Calais, has been the land trust’s Director of Finance and Administration for the last year.
Read the CVCLT’s press release.
Category: Partner organizations
Posted Aug 25, 2008 at 8:20 am by Craig Bailey
VHFA’s recent food drive to benefit the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf collected nearly 135 pounds of food.
Staff members could “buy” the right to dress casual each day last week, by bringing in a non-perishable food item for the food shelf, or donating $10 for the week.
In addition to the food collected, staff contributed $60 in cash.
Category: Charity
Posted Aug 25, 2008 at 8:10 am by Craig Bailey
This is the latest of several quick bios we’ll blog of speakers scheduled to appear at the Vermont Statewide Housing Conference, Nov. 18 in South Burlington.
Read about other speakers scheduled to present at the event and register to attend at the conference Web site.
Garth Rieman is Director of Housing Advocacy and Strategic Initiatives for the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA). He manages NCSHA’s legislative and regulatory work on the Low Income Housing Tax Credit; tax-exempt housing bonds; Section 8; the HOME program; FHA, HUD and USDA appropriations; the GSEs, and rural housing.
He previously served as a professional staff member and Republican staff director for the U.S. Senate Housing Subcommittee. He also worked at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the National Association of REALTORS, and the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
Garth graduated from Pomona College and received a Masters Degree in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
He’ll be presenting at the conference as part of the Federal Housing Policy workshop.
Category: Events, Statewide Housing Conference
Posted Aug 22, 2008 at 2:46 pm by Craig Bailey
The Vermont Housing Managers Association‘s (VHMA) Web site went live this afternoon. You can access the site at www.vhma.net.
Founded in 1981, the VHMA is a collection of property managers and owners, housing funding agencies, accountants, and other professionals.
They’ll be presenting the 2008 “Crossing the Line” Tri-State Conference in Fairlee in October. Learn more at their site.
The VHMA site was developed by myself, working with VHMA Vice President Liz Mineo.
It’s one of several sites VHFA has developed for partner organizations to further our mission of supporting affordable housing in Vermont.
Category: Partner organizations
Posted Aug 21, 2008 at 2:36 pm by Craig Bailey
Vermont Housing Finance Agency has an immediate opening for a Multifamily Housing Management Officer in our Burlington office.
Read the full job description and learn how to apply.
Category: Employment
