Agency Details:

Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition

The Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition is Vermont's only statewide membership organization dedicated to ensuring that all Vermonters have decent, safe and affordable housing, particularly the state's low and moderate income residents, elders, and people with disabilities.

Description:
The Coalition pursues its mission through five major activities:
*Advocacy with local, state and federal officials,
*Outreach and coalition-building among broad interests in the field,
*Training and workshops for housing professionals,
*Community education and public relations,
*Research on affordable housing issues and by serving as an information clearing house.

The Coalition's 65 plus members represent most of Vermont's non-profit affordable housing developers, community land trusts, housing and homelessness advocacy groups, public housing authorities, regional planners, funders, state agencies, and other organizations and individuals with an interest in affordable housing. Together, VAHC's members provide housing and services to tens of thousands of Vermonters.

Throughout its history, the Coalition has played a central role in most of the important developments affecting housing policy in Vermont. In the late 1980's and early 1990's, it assisted in creating such landmark legislation as Vermont's Landlord-Tenant law, the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, legislation enabling housing co-ops, and Act 252, the State's pioneering Mobile Home Park Law. The Coalition was also instrumental in helping the state develop the long-standing principles of its housing policy, which emphasizes perpetual affordability of housing created with the use of public funds; targeting assistance to the most vulnerable and disadvantaged Vermonters; creation of a community based, non-profit delivery system; and mixed income housing.

Contact person: Erhard Mahnke, Coordinator, (802) 660-9484, (email)

Office fax number: (802) 859-9540

Address:

275 Northgate Road Burlington, VT 05408 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.vtaffordablehousing.org

Directions:

Nearest Bus Stop: #7 North Ave Bus to Northgate Road

Miscellaneous Information

1. What target populations does your agency serve?
	Those most vulnerable to inadequate housing, including low and moderate-income residents, elders, and people with disabilities
3. How many paid staff (FTE) do you have?
	2
The organization's main phone number is
	(802) 660-9484
4. Please indicate your organization type:
	Other (please complete question 4A)
4a. If other, please specify:
	State Non-Profit
How many clients do you serve annually?
	120
Volunteers for this agency can serve in these county(s):
	Chittenden County

Last updated on October 21, 2009