Housing - Fair, Safe, Affordable

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Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity's Coordinated Statewide Housing Services, programs working for fair affordable, accessible, safe, and secure housing for all Vermonters. Fair Housing Project (FHP): Advocacy/Public Advocacy, referrals, education and outreach, enforcement, and information regarding Housing Discrimination issues. Mobile Home Project (MHP): Advocacy/Public Advocacy, tenant organizing, referrals, counseling, and information for Manufactured Home Owners who are renting lots - especially those in Mobile Home Parks. Vermont Tenants (VTI): Advocacy/Public Advocacy, organizing, advice, tenant counseling, training, and information regarding Residential Tenancy. Together these three programs serve tenants, mobile home residents, prospective home buyers and the interests of all people who believe in adequate safe, fair and affordable housing in Vermont.

Programs in this Series

Format: 2024-03-28
Format: 2024-03-28
Burlington's Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance - 03/17/2016
Ted Wimpey, Director of CVOEO's Fair Housing Project is joined by East District City Councilor Selene Colburn who serves as Chair of the Burlington Council's Community Development and Neighborhood Revitalizatoin (CDNR) Committee.  Ted...
Update on Vermont Tenants and Mobile Home Program - 01/21/2016
Ted Wimpey, Director of CVOEO's Fair Housing Program, speaks with Jonathan Bond, Director of CVOEO's Mobile Home Program and Vermont Tenants. Focusing on housing programs of Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity.  Fair Housing...
Burlington's Housing Action Plan - 11/19/2015
Ted Wimpey, Director of the Fair Housing Project at Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO), is joined by Burlington City Council President, Jane Knodell, speaking on Burlington's Housing Action Plan.  more information:...
Roundup of the Legislative Session - 05/21/2015
Host Ted Wimpey speaks with guest, Rep. Helen Head, Chair, House Committee on General, Housing and Military Affairs. They discuss the roundup of the legislative session with regard to general housing issues including funding for affordable housing....
HeArt and Home: Celebrating Inclusive Communities for Fair Housing Month - 03/19/2015
Ted Wimpey, Director of the Fair Housing Project at Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity speaks with Margaret Coleman of the ONE Arts organizatoin on the grassroot effort on this project soon coming to fruition. Opening is Friday, April...
Farrington's Mobile Home Park - What's Next? - 01/15/2015
Sarah Woodward of CVOEO's Mobile Home Program hosts a discussion about the sale of the Farrington’s Mobile Home Park and offers an update on resident efforts to form a Resident-Owned Cooperative, North Avenue Cooperative, to explore the...
Landlord Education and Outreach Program - 11/20/2014
Pam Favreau, Director of Vermont Tenants at CVOEO is joined by Angela Zaikowski, Director of Vermont Apartment Owners Services, and Shaun Gilpin, Housing Pooicy Specialist with Vermont Department of Housing and Community Develipment, Agency of...
Intersection of Transportation, Locational Efficiency, and Inclusive Communities - 09/18/2014
Ted Wimpey, Director of CVOEO's Fair Housing Project, speaks with Michelle Boomhowerr, Assistant/MPO Director, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission, on the Intersection of Transportation, Locational Efficiency, and Inclusive...
Renting Myths - 07/17/2014
Pam Favreau, Director of Vermont Tenants with C.V.O.E.O. speaks with attorney Angela Zaikowski, Principal, VT Apartment Owners Association, on Landlord/Tenant Law. Focussing on housing programs of Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity....
Cooperatives and Disaster Readiness - 05/15/2014
Guests from the Cooperative Development Institute and Milton Mobile Home Cooperative will tell about resident-owned mobile home parks & a recent initiative to exercise their community emergency plans, one step toward greater disaster...
Community Emergency Planning - 03/20/2014
Sarah Woodward of CVOEO's Mobile Home Program and Kelly Hamshaw, Research Specialist at UVM, share emergency planning strategies for mobile home parks. Focussing on housing programs of Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity.   Fair...
Promise, Hope and Challenges for New Americans - 01/16/2014
Ted Wimpey, Director of the Fair Housing Project, and Sebastian Hakizima, Reach Up Case Worker for the Associations of Africans Living in Vermont speak to the promise, hope and challenges of the growing New American population in Vermont. Focussing...
CVOEO's Rent Right Program - 11/21/2013
Pam Favreau, Director of Vermont Tenants Incorporated, speaks with Maribeth Seaman, Housing Advocate with Chittenden Community Action at CVOEO, and Gillian Franks, Financial Educator with CVOEO's Financial Futures Program, on the new CVOEO '...
CVOEO Housing Support Programs - 09/19/2013
Pam Favreau, Director of Vermont Tenants Incorporated, speaks with Jan Demers, Executive Director of CVOEO, on the 'Housing Support Programs' offered by the organization. (heating assistance, case management services, veteran services,...
Manufactured Housing Down Payment Loan Program - 07/18/2013
This show focuses on down payment assistance program for manufactured homes with Shaun Gilpin, Program Director at the CVOEO Mobile Home Program, Cheryl Read, Loan Fund Manager and Becca McNamara, Loan Officer with Champlain Housing Trust. ...

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