Vermont RealEstateRama
Supplemental Funding Approved to Speed Home Repairs for Irene Survivors
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- FEMA has approved Vermont’s request for $373,000 in additional funding for the Disaster Case Management Program helping individuals and families still recovering from Tropical Storm Irene.
Waterbury Recovery Efforts Get a Boost with $1 Million VHCB Grant Award
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- On Thursday, January 24, the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board approved awards of $625,000 in VHCB funding and $455,000 in federal HOME Program funds to the Central Vermont Community Land...
CHT Recognizes Leaders and Staff at Annual Meeting
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Champlain Housing Trust presented four community leaders with awards at its annual meeting Saturday night with more than 150 attending. Attendees also elected members of the Board of Directo...
Online Tool Makes It Easier for Landlords to Comply with Vermont’s Lead Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Vermont Department of Health has developed a free online service that will make it easier for owners and managers of pre-1978 rental housing to comply with essential maintenance practices ma...
TARA BROWN HIRED AS HOMEOWNERSHIP LOAN SERVICING ASSISTANT
BURLINGTON - January 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Executive Director Sarah Carpenter announced Tara Brown of Hinesburg, VT has joined Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA) as Loan Servicing Assistant.
TWO NEW VHFA BOND DEALS WILL FINANCE HUNDREDS OF VERMONT HOME PURCHASES AND PRESERVE...
BURLINGTON - December 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA) has taken two big steps towards making housing more affordable in the Green Mountain State.
Public Meetings Will Explain New Flood Insurance Options Available to Washington County Property Owners
December 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Washington County flood insurance questions will be addressed at five public meetings in Waterbury, Barre City, Northfield, Marshfield, and Montpelier. The meetings will focus on newly revised flood hazard maps a...
Adam’s Berry Farm Buys Land in Charlotte
Charlotte - December 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Adam's Berry Farm is a popular farm business in Chittenden County. After 10 years of renting land in Burlington's Intervale, Adam Hausmann has built up a strong customer base for his organic berries a...
SETH LEONARD HIRED AS HOMEOWNERSHIP OUTREACH COORDINATOR
BURLINGTON - December 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Executive Director Sarah Carpenter announced Seth Leonard of Winooski, VT has joined Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA) as Homeownership Outreach Coordinator.
EPA Recognizes Brattleboro Food Co-op and Housing Development with 2012 Smart Growth Achievement Award
December 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced four winners of the 2012 Smart Growth Achievement Awards. In a national competition among 47 applicants from 25 states, the Brattleboro Food Co-op, the Windha...
Working Landscape Enterprise Board Announces the Release of $986,500 in Available Grant Funds
November 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Announcement will take place on Thursday, November 29, 2012, 12:30 – 12:55 p.m. at the “Financing the Working Landscape conference”, sponsored by the National Bank of Middlebury, People’s United Bank, the...
NATIONAL HOUSING FINANCE EXPERTS KICK OFF VERMONT’S STATEWIDE HOUSING CONFERENCE
BURLINGTON - November 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A packed room of about 430 people gathered this morning at the Burlington Hilton to hear Governor Shumlin’s opening address and the plenary session of the biennial Statewide Vermont Housing Confere...
DIANE EDSON HIRED AS HOMEOWNERSHIP SPECIALIST
BURLINGTON - October 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Executive Director Sarah Carpenter announced Diane Edson of South Burlington, VT has joined Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA) as Homeownership Specialist
Governor Shumlin Announces $1.7 Million Grant for Healthy Homes Program
October 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Peter Shumlin and Vermont’s Congressional delegation announced today that the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board (VHCB) will receive a $1.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban ...
Landowners Fined for Wastewater Violations
October 1, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Department of Environmental Conservation’s Compliance and Enforcement Division today announced that it formally settled environmental violations involving Raymond and Danielle Laporte. The Laportes own rental...
DAVID ADAMS INDUCTED INTO THE NEW ENGLAND MORTGAGE BANKERS HALL OF FAME
BURLINGTON - September 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- VHFA’s Chief of Program Operations, David Adams, is being inducted into the New England Mortgage Bankers Hall of Fame today at its annual conference in Newport, Rhode Island.
Gov. Shumlin, Congressional Delegation announce long-term recovery funds
MONTPELIER - September 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Peter Shumlin and Vermont’s Congressional delegation today announced the availability of long-term disaster recovery funds for housing, economic recovery and community infrastructure projects...
Hot Weather, Bugs and Open Doors May Explain Bats
August 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Vermont Department of Health has noted an increase in the number of people who are reporting bats (mostly big brown bats) flying through open windows and doors and getting trapped inside homes and camps this sum...
Land Trust Helps Farmer Expand Business in Weathersfield
Weathersfield - July 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- With nearly forty different kinds of organic vegetables available for purchase, 80 enthusiastic CSA members, and six drop-off sites in towns ranging from Ascutney to Putney, new customers would never s...
Gov. Shumlin Announces Tax Relief for Mobile Home Owners Hit by 2011 Flooding
June 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gov. Peter Shumlin today announced additional tax relief to help flood survivors who replaced mobile homes damaged or destroyed in either federally declared disasters that occurred in 2011, the spring flooding and Tr...
