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Podcast: ChangeMakers with Katie Goar
Episode: Episode 133: Maura Collins, Executive Director, Vermont Housing Finance Agency
Description: In this episode of ChangeMakers, Katie Goar sits down with Maura Collins, Executive Director of the Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA). With more than two decades at VHFA, Maura shares how Vermont’s unique rural landscape shapes its housing challenges and the innovative strategies her agency is using to respond. From the state’s growing second-home market to the pandemic-driven housing crunch, Maura explains why Vermont needs to triple its home construction by 2030 and how employers, policymakers, and communities are coming together through initiatives like “Let’s Build Homes.” She also highlights VHFA’s upgraded credit rating, its 50-year mi...