When: June 2, 2015, 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m..
Where: Red Schoolhouse, Vermont Technical College, 46 So. Randolph Rd, Randolph Center, VT
There was much to celebrate on Friday at the 16-unit Richmond Terrace apartment complex.
Vermont’s Fair Housing Project at CVOEO will begin work with partner organizations to launch a “hearts and minds campaign” about the many advantages to communities of encouraging affordable mixed income housing in locations that are conducive to sound economic development. HUD has announced the award of $125,000 for the project. Ted Wimpey, Director of the Fair Housing Project, explained that “local businesses need workers and customers and aging populations, people with disabilities, people on fixed incomes and all working people need more affordable homes located closer to work, medical facilities and other services and shopping where transportation will not cost an arm and a leg. It is a win-win proposition for all communities.
A new report finds high rates of discrimination in Vermont's rental housing market based on race, color, national origin, disability, and minor children.
The report describes the results of 260 paired tests conducted in 2012 and 2013 by the Housing Discrimination Law Project of Vermont Legal Aid.
Elderly baby boomers may be less likely to move to new "senior" housing in the numbers many expect, recent research from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies suggests.
On March 4, HUD released a Notice of Funding Availability for the Section 811 Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program. VHFA will be applying on behalf of Vermont in partnership with the Agency of Human Services.
In April, the nation celebrates the 45th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act. This year’s theme “Our Work Today Defines Our Tomorrow” encourages us to foster sustainable, inclusive communities of opportunity for future generations.
HUD reminds us of the meaning of fair housing in this excerpt from its annual fair housing message:
Vermont has many fair housing achievements under its belt but there is still more work to do, according to the recent statewide look at impediments to fair housing choice. The 2012 State of Vermont Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice identifies 12 public sector and 2 private sector impediments.
Housing discrimination is prevalent in Vermont, according to a recent study conducted by Vermont Legal Aid's Housing Discrimination Law Project.
The Vermont Division of Fire Safety has issued new proposed Vermont Access Rules and Adaptable and Visitable Standards for Dwellings. The rules will become effective on March 15, 2012.
A public hearing to discuss the proposed rules is scheduled for Friday, February 17, 2012, at 10A M, at the Division of Fire Safety office located at 1311 US Route 302 in Berlin, Vermont
Review the proposed rules.