The World 122221

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EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY
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act which makes it illegal to advertise
“any preference, limitation or discrimination
based on race, color, religion,
sex, handicap, familial status or
national origin, or an intention, to make
any such preference, limitation or discrimination.”
Additionally, Vermont’s Fair Housing
and Public Accomodations Act prohibits
advertising that indicates any preference,
limitation or discrimination based
on age, marital status, sexual orientation
or receipt of public assistance.
This newspaper will not knowingly
accept any advertising for real estate
which is in violation of the law. Our
readers are hereby informed that all
dwellings advertised in this newspaper
are available on an equal opportunity
basis.
To file a complaint of discrimination,
call the Vermont Human Rights
Commisson toll-free at 1-800-416-2010
(voice & TTY) or call HUD toll
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or 1-800-927-9275 (TTY).
RULE OF THUMB......
Describe your property,
not the “appropriate” buyer or
renter, not the landlord,
not the neighbors. Just describe
the property and you’ll
almost always obey the law.
Governor Scott Announces Launch of Vermont Housing
Improvement Program to Rehabilitate Housing Stock
Governor Phil Scott and the Vermont Department
of Housing and Community Development,
along with statewide partners have
launched the Vermont Housing Improvement
Program (VHIP) designed to bring housing
units back online by investing in existing, but
under-utilized structures. VHIP builds upon
past rental rehabilitation pilot programs that
used modest public investment to revitalize
housing in Vermont’s downtown areas, while
helping renters and property owners who are
most in need of assistance.
The program, funded using federal American
Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, will invest
a total of $5 million into the state’s aging
housing stock. VHIP will provide grants of up
to $30,000 per unit with a 20% funding match
required to bring code non-compliant units
back into habitability. This round of grants is
dedicated to units serving renters who are exiting
homelessness.
“Expanding the housing stock has been
a top priority of me and my team, investing
more than any administration in history,” said
Governor Phil Scott. “In addition to building
new housing, VHIP will be critical for bringing
housing that has fallen into disrepair back
online, helping provide more housing for the
workforce, lift people out of homelessness,
and aid in the transformational change we are
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seeking to create stronger communities.”
“Throughout the course of the pandemic
many businesses received financial assistance,
but one of the populations that has been
overlooked is the mom-and-pop landlords
across the state. We designed this program
for the long run with the success of the landlord
and the tenant in mind,” said Housing
and Community Development Commissioner
Josh Hanford. “With this program, you are
creating permanent housing and improving
neighborhoods.”
“We are working from the ground up, addressing
the needs of the most vulnerable,”
said Shaun Gilpin Housing and Community
Development Housing Division director. “We
have been working with ermont’s five home
ownership centers to create a new program
that is based on successful models and improves
upon past efforts to bring more housing
on-line.”
VHIP partners include Champlain Housing
Trust, Rural Edge, Downstreet Housing
and Community Development, Windham and
Windsor Housing Trust, and Neighborworks
of Western Vermont.
For more information: https://accd.vermont.gov/housing/vermont-housing-improvement-program.
BUSINESS FOR SALE
I want to let all the followers of Bear Naked
Growler know that I have decided to sell the
business. The business will still operate as
normal through the process.
All equipment is approximately 4 years
old. I am asking $135,000 with inventory. Any
serious inquiries can be sent on messenger,
emailed to dahadickinson@msn.com or call
me at 802-522-9018.
Thank you for all your support and I
am sure we will see you again before any
changes happen. -Floyd
Bear Naked Growler
186 River St., Montpelier www.bearnakedgrowler.com
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ECFiber continued from previous page
taxing powers and has, since its transition to
a CUD in 2016, been funded mainly by municipal
bonds backed by customer payments
for service. “We are the model for how to
make world-class broadband available to
every home and business on the grid in rural
Vermont, infrastructure that is essential to
social and economic well-being,” said board
chair F. X. Flinn. “Investors have shown their
appreciation for the work we are doing by
paying a premium for our existing debt and
competing for our new debt.
That said, we will continue to
pursue the new grant funding
aggressively as we go all out
to complete the network.”
Stan Williams, CFO of
ValleyNet, Inc., and the principal
architect of the idea
which became ECFiber, led
the bonding effort. He said,
“We appreciate the work of
our investment banking team
at MCM, led by Jim
Anderson, and remain convinced
that the combination
of Vermont Community
Broadband Fund grants plus
municipal revenue bonds
means that every on-grid
location in Vermont will have
fiber-to-the-home (FTTH)
broadband available within
the foreseeable future now
that the CUDs are starting to
get funding.” ValleyNet is the
design, build, and operations
partner of the district. A notfor-profit
internet service
provider, it spun out of
Dartmouth College in the early 1990s to provide
dial-up internet access in the Upper
Valley region straddling Vermont and New
Hampshire.
ECFiber is one of a very few municipalities
to construct a broadband network almost
entirely from network revenues rather than
tax revenues, grants, or some other form of a
public guarantee. It is the financial model for
many rural broadband projects throughout the
U.S.
Updated Weekly
Home Mortgage Rates
LAST
DOWN
LENDER UPDATE RATE APR TERM PTS PAYMENT
Community National 12/15/21 3.375% 3.392% 30 yr fixed 0 5%
Bank 1-800-340-3460 2.625% 2.656% 15 yr fixed 0 5%
New England Federal 12/15/21 3.125% 3.148% 30 yr fixed 0 5%
Credit Union 866-805-6267 2.375% 2.416% 15 yr fixed 0 5%
Northfield Savings 12/15/21 3.125% 3.162% 30 yr fixed 0 5%
Bank (NSB) 2.500% 2.566% 15 yr fixed 0 5%
802-485-5871
VT State Employees 12/15/21 3.000% 3.038% 30 yr fixed 0 5%
Credit Union (VSECU) 2.375% 2.443% 15 yr fixed 0 5%
1-800-371-5162 X5345
Rates can change without notice.
***APRs are based on 20% down payment. Some products are available with as little as
5% down, with purchase of Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI). The cost of PMI is not
included in the APR calculations.
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