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Burlington Mayor's Press Conference: HUD Administration Visits the Elmwood Shelter Pods in Burlington - House America Progress 11/01/2022

From the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development:

HUD leadership joins Mayor Miro Weinberger and community partners to mark progress in rehousing homeless and creating more affordable housing for the city under HUD’s House America Initiative.

House America leverages funding from the American Rescue Plan, federal, state, and local resources to re-house at least 100,000 households experiencing homelessness nationwide and add at least 20,000 new units of affordable housing into the development pipeline by December 31, 2022. Within those national goals, the City of Burlington set and has achieved local re-housing and unit creation goals.

Miro Weinberger, Mayor, City of Burlington

Juana Matias, Regional Administrator, HUD New England

Kerri Duquette Hoffman, VT Agency of Human Services – Field Services Director

Mike Monte, Champlain Housing Trust – Executive Director

Vermont Housing & Conservation Board Fall Conference: 'Envisioning Vermont 2025' 10/06/2015

The Vermont Housing & Conservation Board Conference, ‘Envisioning Vermont 2025.′ Vermonters want thriving communities, affordable housing options, good jobs and a healthy environment — ideals that align with our collective organizational missions. Our goals for this conference include fostering cross-disciplinary, visionary thinking among attendees and honoring and supporting emerging leaders. A special focus of the conference will encourage networking and programming for emerging leaders and mid-career professionals.  Keynote speaker will be Nancy Stangle, Emerita Director and co-founder, Athens Land Trust, Georgia.

For more information visit www.vhcb.org or http://www.vtaffordablehousing.org/news/2015/07/save-the-date-vhcb-fall-conference-october-6th-in-burlington/ or http://www.vtaffordablehousing.org/resources.php

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2014 Statewide Housing Conference: Housing 103 "Housing for People with Special Needs" 11/19/2014

2014 Vermont Statewide Housing Conference Breakout Session, Housing 103: Housing for People with Special Needs.  Vermont's lowest income and most vulnerable citizens face the greatest housing challenges. Learn about resources that help meet the needs of the state's homeless, seniors, people on fixed incomes and the working poor, and Vermonters with physical and mental health disabilities.

PANELISTS: Paul Dragon, Vermont State Office of Economic Opportunity; Jenny Hyslop, Vermont State Housing Authority; Cindy Reid, Cathedral Square Corporation

For more information visit www.vhfa.org  or http://www.vtaffordablehousing.org/links.php

http://www.vtaffordablehousing.org/resources.php

2014 Statewide Housing Conference: Housing 102 "Resources for Affordable Rental Developments" 11/19/2014

2014 Vermont Statewide Housing Conference Breakout Session, Housing 102: Resources for Affordable Rental Developments. CDBG, LIHTC, VHCB, HOME - confused by housing alphabet soup? A panel of experts will introduce the major programs that make multi-family housing affordable in Vermont - what assistance do they provide, what can it be used for, who benefits?

PANELISTS: Josh Hanford, Vermont Department of Housing & Community Development; Polly Nichol, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board; Kenn Sassorossi, Housing Vermont

For more information visit www.vhfa.org  or http://www.vtaffordablehousing.org/links.php

http://www.vtaffordablehousing.org/resources.php

2014 Statewide Housing Conference: Housing 101 "Introduction to Affordable Housing" 11/19/2014

2014 Vermont Statewide Housing Conference Breakout Session, Housing 101: Introduction to Affordable Housing. The first workshop in this ever popular track will give you all the basics about Vermont's affordable housing landscape: state and federal agencies, our housing delivery system, major issues and concepts, resources for first time home-buyers, and the community land trust model. 

PANELISTS: Barbara Geries, Champlain Housing Trust; Erhard Mahnke, Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition; Michael McNamara, U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development

For more information visit www.vhfa.org  or http://www.vtaffordablehousing.org/links.php

2014 Statewide Housing Conference: Keynote Barry Zigas 11/19/2014

2014 Vermont Statewide Housing Conference Gubernatorial Address by Governor Peter Shumlin and Keynote Address by Barry Zigas, Director of Housing Policy for Consumer Federation of America and a member of the Bipartisan Policy Center's Housing Commission. 

for more information visit www.vhfa.org.

2012 Statewide Housing Conference Welcome/Opening Plenary Session 11/15/2012

2012 Vermont Statewide Housing Conference Welcome/Opening plenary session. Welcome by Gov. Peter Shumlin (invited) and a plenary panel of Washington insiders to discuss outcome of the election and its impact on housing. Panelists: Jeffrey Fuhrer, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; Pam Patenaude, Bipartisan Policy Center; Garth Rieman, National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA)  For more information visit www.vhfa.org.

2012 Statewide Housing Conference Keynote Address by Xavier de Souza Briggs of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 11/15/2012

2012 Vermont Statewide Housing Conference Keynote Address by Xavier de Souza Briggs of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).  For more information visit www.vhfa.org.

Housing and Communities Show: Winooski's Proposed Canal Street Veterans Housing Project 12/01/2010

Host Mike McNamara speaks with Ed Von Sitas of Veterans Advisory Council and Rita Markley of COTS on the proposed veterans housing for Canal Street in Winooski.

2010 Statewide Housing Conference Keynote Address by U.S. HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan 11/18/2010

2010  Vermont Statewide Housing Conference Keynote Address by U.S. HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan.  For more information visit www.vhfa.org.

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