Executive Director Sarah Carpenter joined partners from Cathedral Square and other agencies to launch construction of Elm Place, a 30-unit building for seniors in Milton. Elm Place will be Vermont’s first multi-family building certified to Passive House standards. Better windows and doors, added insulation and improved air sealing are expected to enable the building to use roughly 65 percent less energy.
Events
Residential & Commercial Valuation of Solar course
This course, taught by Sandra Adomatis, SRA, LEED GA, is approved for 15 continuing education credits in Vermont and New Hampshire. Read more and register or call (603) 224-9534.
Signing cermony: Executive Order related to publicly funded housing for the homeless
Governor Shumlin, Secretary Cohen of the Agency of Human Services and Commissioner MacKay of the Department of Housing and Community Development invite you to join them and other colleagues and friends for a signing ceremony of an Executive Order related to Publicly Funded Housing for the Homeless. This order will implement a recommendation from the Governor’s Council on Pathways from Poverty by providing another tool to meet the state’s goal of ending family homelessness by 2020 and all other homeless thereafter.
Unconscoius bias & fair housing 101
Our brains process information differently. When making important life decisions, we weigh a few factors deliberately (slowly). But for hundreds of other factors, we must rely on intuitive judgment — and we weigh these unconsciously (quickly). Even if in our slow thinking we work to avoid discrimination, it can easily creep into our fast thinking.
VT Businesses for Social Responsibility 26th Annual Spring Conference
VBSR’s marquee event returns for the 26th year! Come for a day of education, networking, and exploration of the triple-bottom-line approach to business! 300+ will attend VBSR’s Annual Spring Conference in Burlington. The day-long event is a great chance for our community of socially responsible business leaders to come together, network, and learn the latest in innovative SR business practices, policies, and thinking.
VHFA tops list of best places to work
By: Leslie Black-Plumeau
VHFA was ranked number one Best Place to Work among small and medium sized companies across the state by the Vermont Business Magazine. The award was made last night at the Echo Lake Aquarium and Science Center, where hundreds of employees from the 38 companies ranked as finalists gathered.
Housing Opportunity 2016: Building for a Changing World
Join the ULI and Enterprise Community Partners to gain the tools, knowledge, and connections for developing exceptional affordable homes that support broader opportunities for low-income families.
This is ULI’s only national conference focused entirely on residential development and housing affordability. Through a program with ample networking, inspiring talks, practical site tours, and replicable examples, Housing Opportunity helps housing leaders improve their practice and build new partnerships.
Homebuyer education workshop April 9 in Lyndonville
Learn about:
- Home buying process
- Tips on choosing the right home for you & your family
- Different types of mortgages
- Closing costs
- First time homebuyer incentives & more
Registration Fee is $100.00. Register on or before April 4, 2016 and take advantage of the reduced rate of $85.00.
The Village Movement: Getting Started in Vermont
Join AARP, The University of Vermont's Center on Aging, and guest speaker Natalie Galucia MSA, Director of the Village to Village Network, in exploring the village concept. The Village Movement is the concept of developing nonprofit villages for those age 50 and older, in which they can age at home safely and as part of a community.
Legislature learns how to turn temporary down payment assistance program into self-funding tool for future home buyers
By: Leslie Black-Plumeau
Vermont's House Committee on Ways and Means learned this morning about opportunities to transform a temporary statewide down payment assistance program enacted last year into a self-funding program that can help first-time home buyers for years to come. VHFA's Executive Director, Sarah Carpenter, met with the committee this morning to explain how a legacy program could be created with the addition of four years of state housing credit funding.