National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA) President Susan Dewey made an appearance on Fox Business yesterday to talk about the Obama administration's new initiative to help state housing agencies, such as VHFA.
Yesterday's announcement about a new federal initiative to help housing finance agencies, such as VHFA, received attention in a number of media outlets.
A recent report by Ernst & Young says if proposals made by Affordable Rental Housing A.C.T.I.O.N. are adopted by Congress, investment in affordable housing development will increase substantially.
The report estimates investment in large and small housing developments in metro and rural regions across the country is likely to increase by nearly 50 percent in 2010 and '11.
In light of $2.34 million in federal stimulus funding coming to help restore Forest Park in Rutland — Read our previous post — the Rutland Herald has published a story looking at the history of that early-'70s housing development.
VHFA Executive Director Sarah Carpenter is quoted in the piece by staff writer Stephanie Peters.
In an article published in yesterday's Barre-Montpelier Times Argus, writer Bruce Edwards quotes a number of housing insiders about the effects of the first-time homebuyer tax credit on home sales in Vermont.
Opinions vary.
VHFA Executive Director Sarah Carpenter is one of many people quoted.
The National Housing Conference (NHC), an affordable housing advocacy organization in Washington, D.C., has released 10 suggestions to help repair the mortgage market and reduce the rising number of foreclosures.