Episode 8

Seeking the (many) single solution to housing

February 24, 2023 (prerecorded 2/20): Yes, we are talking about housing again.

Unfortunately, folks in Vermont are struggling to find housing, so it's a topic that needs constant attention. And here's a fun twist: it seems the hunt is on for a SINGLE solution that with solve ALL of Vermont's housing problems. Maura Collins of the Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA) helps us pick apart the housing crisis. 

The VHFA's website is here: https://www.vhfa.org

Here is the Housing Data site discussed: https://www.housingdata.org

Theme music by Red Heart the Ticker: http://rhtt.net

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The Montpelier Happy Hour
A show about how things in the State House shake out for the rest of us

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Olga Peters

Producer and host Olga is a journalist by day and a screenwriter by night. On the Montpelier Happy Hour she combines a newshound's doggedness with a fiction writer's sense of "what if...".
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Emilie Kornheiser

Regular contributor Emilie Kornheiser represents Windham District 2-1 in the Vermont House of Representatives (that’s Brattleboro.) She always appreciates an opportunity to unpack the stories that drive us and hopes her gravestone will read “she asked good questions.” You can find more about her and her work in the legislature at emiliekornheiser.org.