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Housing - Fair, Safe, Affordable: Fair Housing Nationally and in Vermont: What Does the CVOEO Fair Housing Project Do? 01/19/2017

Host Jonathan Bond, Director of Vermont Tenants & Mobile Home Programs, Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, speaks with Ted Wimpey, Director of CVOEO Fair Housing Project.

Focusing on housing programs of Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity.

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.

Vermont Affordable Housing Show: Senior Housing and Services 12/07/2016

VISTA Resident Organizer Corrine Yonce interviews Laura Wilson of Cathedral Square Corporation on a variety of topics related to senior housing and services.

More information on Housing Discrimination Law Project of Vermont Legal Aid: http://www.vtlegalaid.org  |  http://vtlegalaid.org/publications  |  http://www.vtlawhelp.org/discriminationfair-housing

If you think you’ve been discriminated against or if you just keep hearing that the apartment is already rented, contact: 1-800-889-2047  |  http://www.vtlawhelp.org/discriminationfair-housing

More information on Fair Housing:  CVOEO Fair Housing Project  |  https://www.cvoeo.org  |  802-864-3334 Ext. 202

Vermont Human Rights Commission:  http://hrc.vermont.gov  |  1-800-416-2010

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing resources from the National Low Income Housing Coalition: http://nlihc.org/issues/affh

You can contact Erhard at erhardm '@' vtaffordablehousing.org | (802) 660-9484 | www.vtaffordablehousing.org

Housing - Fair, Safe, Affordable: Mobile Home Parks and Cooperatives 11/17/2016

Host Jonathan Bond, Director of Vermont Tenants & Mobile Home Programs, Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, speaks with Mobile Home Program Resident Organizer Laura Mistretta on housing issues around Mobile Homes, Mobile Home Parks and Cooperatives.

Focusing on housing programs of Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity.

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.

Housing - Fair, Safe, Affordable: Ted Wimpey Discusses the BTV Town Center with City Councilor Adam Roof 09/15/2016

Ted Wimpey, Director, Fair Housing Project at Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, speaks with Adam Roof, Ward 8, Burlington City Councilor, Independent, on topics from the Burlington Town Center development to general issues of fair, safe and affordable housing in Burlington.

Focusing on housing programs of Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity

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.

Winooski City Council 09/06/2016

The Winooski City Council normally meets on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month.  Meeting schedules, agendas, and minutes can be found on the City's web site: www.winooskivt.org

The Council discusses a number of issues, including affordable housing and the status of the City's F-35 lawsuit.

Vermont Affordable Housing Show: Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition 08/03/2016

Host Ted Wimpey talks with Corinne Yonce, VISTA Resident Organizer, about her portrait and audio interview project with affordable housing residents.

More information on Housing Discrimination Law Project of Vermont Legal Aid: http://www.vtlegalaid.org  |  http://vtlegalaid.org/publications  |  http://www.vtlawhelp.org/discriminationfair-housing

If you think you’ve been discriminated against or if you just keep hearing that the apartment is already rented, contact: 1-800-889-2047  |  http://www.vtlawhelp.org/discriminationfair-housing

More information on Fair Housing:  CVOEO Fair Housing Project  |  https://www.cvoeo.org  |  802-864-3334 Ext. 202

Vermont Human Rights Commission:  http://hrc.vermont.gov  |  1-800-416-2010

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing resources from the National Low Income Housing Coalition: http://nlihc.org/issues/affh

You can contact Erhard at erhardm '@' vtaffordablehousing.org | (802) 660-9484 | www.vtaffordablehousing.org

Housing - Fair, Safe, Affordable: Rent Right 07/21/2016

Jonathan T. Bond, Director of Vermont Tenants & Mobile Home Programs at Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, and Forrest Gardner, educator at CVOEO’s Financial Futures Program, discuss the importance of and resources for gaining strong understanding of how financial lives impact renting.

Focusing on housing programs of Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity. 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. 

Vermont Affordable Housing Show: Wrap-up of the Vermont State Legislative Session 06/01/2016

Erhard Mahnke speaks to Karen Lafayette, Advocate for the Vermont Low Income Advocacy Council, on what the Legislature did affecting housing, homelessness, and poverty issues.

More information on Housing Discrimination Law Project of Vermont Legal Aid: http://www.vtlegalaid.org  |  http://vtlegalaid.org/publications

If you think you’ve been discriminated against or if you just keep hearing that the apartment is already rented, contact: 1-800-889-2047  |  http://www.vtlawhelp.org/discriminationfair-housing

More information on Fair Housing:  CVOEO Fair Housing Project  |  https://www.cvoeo.org  |  802-864-3334 Ext. 202

Vermont Human Rights Commission:  http://hrc.vermont.gov  |  1-800-416-2010

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing resources from the National Low Income Housing Coalition: http://nlihc.org/issues/affh

You can contact Erhard at erhardm '@' vtaffordablehousing.org | (802) 660-9484 | www.vtaffordablehousing.org

Vermont Affordable Housing Show: April is Fair Housing Month 04/06/2016

Host Erhard Mahnke speaks with Rachel Batterson, Esq., Director of Housing Discrimination Law Project with Vermont Legal Aid, Inc., on Fair Housing Issues in Vermont.

More information on Housing Discrimination Law Project of Vermont Legal Aid: http://www.vtlegalaid.org  |  http://vtlegalaid.org/publications  |  http://www.vtlawhelp.org/discriminationfair-housing

If you think you’ve been discriminated against or if you just keep hearing that the apartment is already rented, contact: 1-800-889-2047  |  http://www.vtlawhelp.org/discriminationfair-housing

More information on Fair Housing:  CVOEO Fair Housing Project  |  https://www.cvoeo.org  |  802-864-3334 Ext. 202

Vermont Human Rights Commission:  http://hrc.vermont.gov  |  1-800-416-2010

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing resources from the National Low Income Housing Coalition: http://nlihc.org/issues/affh

You can contact Erhard at erhardm '@' vtaffordablehousing.org | (802) 660-9484 | www.vtaffordablehousing.org

Housing - Fair, Safe, Affordable: 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 and Selene provide a history, overview and purpose for the ordinance, and speak to the current process leading to a pending consultant's review of the ordinance as recommended by the Burlington Housing Action Plan.  A Request for Proposal drafted by the City's Community and Economic Development Office, and the Mayor's Office, for solicitation of prospective consultant bids is under review by the CDNR committee.

Focusing on housing programs of Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity.  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.

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