Windham & Windsor Housing Trust

Are you ready to help build strong and resilient communities? If so, join us as we expand the nationally recognized and award-winning SASH® (Support and Services at Home) model to adults and families in the Brattleboro area!

We are introducing an expanded version known as SASH for ALL, which will focus on adults and families living in affordable housing. Our goal is to enhance resilience, strengthen well-being, improve health outcomes, provide health coaching, and foster community connections.

We are seeking a part-time or contract nurse for 20 hours per week to work alongside a dedicated team that includes a community health worker and a social emotional wellness clinician.

In this role, you will:
• Help pioneer a model that provides prevention-based health and wellness services and support to local housing communities.
• Assist in designing and testing key elements of the program to determine best practices.
• Collaborate with team members, community partners, and participating adults and families to promote community well-being.

Successful candidates must be licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of Vermont and have at least two years of nursing experience. A commitment to a strength-based, person-centered approach is essential. You should be able to work independently while also thriving in a team environment. Strong organizational and time management skills, along with excellent verbal and written communication abilities, are crucial. Experience in wellness coaching, group learning facilitation, and proficiency with computer software are important aspects of this position.

Find more here: https://www.homemattershere.org/join-our-team-now-hiring-for-sash-for-all-nurse/

Windham & Windsor Housing Trust will host Home Sweet Home, a free Gingerbread Homebuilding Event, on Saturday, December 7th. This family-friendly event will take place from 1:30pm to 3:30pm at Holton Hall on the Winston Prouty campus.

The public is invited for creative afternoon building sweet homes during the holiday season. Each builder will be provided with all the elements to create and decorate a modest home, as well as additional materials to allow for creative building opportunities. Completed homes will be sited within a sweet neighborhood, designed to illustrate an example of a smart-growth land use pattern. Participants will be encouraged to take their creations home with them.

Admission is free, but donations are welcome and appreciated, with all proceeds going toward the creation and stewardship of permanently affordable homes in Southeastern Vermont.

WWHT sponsors include Neagley and Chase, Stevens & Associates, Vermont Country Store, Mascoma Bank, Brattleboro Savings & Loan, Vermont Integrated Architecture, Stewart Property Management, DEW Construction, Savings Bank of Walpole, Gossens Bachman Associates, Howard Printing, Minuteman Press and C&S Wholesale Grocers, whose generous support enables events like this to remain admission free.

Find the event page here: https://www.facebook.com/share/1BW76t5Zmg/

Find more here: https://www.homemattershere.org/home-sweet-home-a-free-afternoon-of-gingerbread-home-building/

The State is launching a program to help Vermonters purchase affordable homes. Mobile Home Infill Program (MHIP) makes mobile homes available for sale at-cost to eligible low- and middle-income homebuyers. To date, MHIP has identified 57 lots at parks in Bennington, Brattleboro, Westminster, Springfield, Braintree, Milton, Morristown, Coventry, and St. Johnsbury that can accommodate new homes.
MHIP is only available to current Vermont residents. Potential homebuyers can take two important steps now to prepare for the start of MHIP registration on November 1:

1) Determine if you are eligible. In addition to being a Vermont resident, registrants must earn 120% or less of the Area Median Income in the county where they currently reside (for Windham County this is $79,800 or less for an individual, $114,000 or less for family of 4), not in the county where they wish to purchase a MHIP home.
2) Get prequalified. This step involves going to a lending institution and supplying them with your financial information. If the lending institution sees fit, it will issue you a pre-qualification letter that provides prospective buyers with a range of how much they can spend on a home. Please note: this is different than obtaining a mortgage. That step comes later in the process.

Starting November 1, interested homebuyers can visit the MHIP website and register by filling out an Interest and Eligibility Form, see a sample Purchase and Sale Agreement, and learn about the timeline and next steps in the homebuying process.

To be fully prepared with homebuying information and supported by a HUD certified counselor, we recommend participating the Homebuyer Workshop: https://www.homemattershere.org/how-to-buy-a-home/
MHIP Website: https://accd.vermont.gov/housing/funding/MHIP
Mobile Home Down payment assistance: https://www.getahome.org/manufactured-housing-loan/