Submitted by Leslie Black-Plumeau on 12/13/2013
Vermont’s “difficult to develop” areas under the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit provisions have been revised to include all counties with the exception of Addison, Orleans, Caledonia and Essex for 2014.
Submitted by Leslie Black-Plumeau on 12/11/2013
Significant erosion in renter incomes over the past decade has pushed the number of households paying excessive shares of income for housing to record levels, a report this week by Harvard’s Joint Center
Submitted by Leslie Black-Plumeau on 12/5/2013
A recent study by VHFA found that thousands of residents of the East Central Vermont region face extraordinary challenges finding housing that is both affordable and located near their jobs and needed services.
Submitted by Leslie Black-Plumeau on 8/22/2013
Low-income communities are hit hard by extreme weather because they lack the resources required to evacuate and deal with the effects, says a new report from the Center for American Progress.
Among the report's recommendations are:
Submitted by Leslie Black-Plumeau on 8/15/2013
For workers in certain industries, especially tourism and service jobs, the cost of renting or buying a home in the Burlington metropolitan area is out of reach given average wages paid in these fields.
Submitted by Leslie Black-Plumeau on 8/9/2013
Based on a study of seven places in the U.S, including the Vermont towns served by the Champlain Housing Trust, Apt Associates’ Jeffrey Lubell concludes that shared equity approaches to housing have clear benefits.
Submitted by Leslie Black-Plumeau on 5/8/2013
By Michael J. Novogradac, CPA
Submitted by Leslie Black-Plumeau on 4/2/2013
Submitted by Leslie Black-Plumeau on 3/6/2013
An estimated 14,400 Vermont workers (4.8 percent) commute an hour or longer, according to a recent Census Bureau study of people who worked outside the home in 2011. Every New
Submitted by Leslie Black-Plumeau on 3/4/2013
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