Fair Housing Month Events Calendar
We are pleased to host, co-host, and promote housing- and inclusive community-themed events all over Vermont as part of Fair Housing Month.
Want to add your event to this calendar? Email fhp@cvoeo.org with the event details, website and social media links, and graphics. Want to host a Fair Housing Month event, but don’t know where to start? Check out ways to get involved here!
Fair Housing Awareness Day!
Join the Vermont Human Rights Commission, CVOEO Fair Housing Project, and Migrant Justice for a day full of Fair Housing related discussion and activities. We’ll be sharing fair housing resources and information about illegal housing discrimination, providing testimony in legislative committees, and A Revolutionary Press will be onsite making bookmarks with hand-set type and on a hand-operated letterpress!
Voices of Home Exhibit
Voices of Home is an audio-visual storytelling project launched in 2015 by Corrine Yonce when she served as an Americorps VISTA volunteer with the Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition (now the Housing & Homelessness Alliance of Vermont). This exhibit brings together work from two of Yonce’s collaborative efforts, Voices of South Burlington Community Housing and Voices of Decker Towers.
Visit the Fletcher Free Library during opening hours (MON, THURS, FRI & SAT 10am-6pm; TUES & WED 10am-8pm; SUN noon-6pm) to view the exhibit.
Fair Housing Month Kickoff!
Deconstructing Historical Patterns and Reimagining the Future of Housing
Please join us for the Fair Housing Month Kickoff event to start off a month full of fair housing education, advocacy, and community building. This event will include a reception with refreshments and a thoughtful presentation from our keynote speaker, Cashauna Hill of the Redress Movement. She will discuss the the history of housing discrimination in the United States and tools for mobilization at the local and state levels to create systems that lead to just access to housing.
This event is FREE and open to everyone! Come at 5:30pm for refreshments and to explore the Voices of Home exhibit; the presentation starts at 6pm. Reserve your tickets for this FREE event.
Presented in partnership with Northwest Vermont REALTOR® Association, the Land Access & Opportunity Board, and Fletcher Free Library.
Fair Housing Friday: What Do Tenants Need?
Join us for a conversation with Vanessa Bonebo, Executive Staff Assistant of the VT Human Rights Commission and Karin Ames, Housing Education Coordinator at CVOEO to discuss her experiences working as firsthand resources for tenants around the state dealing with housing barriers and illegal housing discrimination. They both do amazing work that is critical to addressing harms and trauma that stems from these egregious offenses.
Escaping the Housing Trap Book Discussion
Join the Shelburne Housing Committee for a discussion of Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis By Daniel Herriges and Charles Marohn Jr. facilitated by Library Director Michael Hibben.
The book is available at the Pierson Library and on Spotify and Audible.
Tenant Skills Workshop
Tenant Skills includes the fundamentals of tenant rights and responsibilities, leases, security deposits, repairs, health code violations, terminations, evictions, fair housing and disability law.
This is a FREE workshop!
Sustaining the Rent Workshop
Sustaining the Rent focuses on strategies to financially prepare for renting, including determining what "affordable" rent would be and comparing costs of apartments, and understanding how credit affects the ability to pay rent, as well as developing the knowledge and skills needed to track spending, build a budget, and find resources to help meet housing and basic needs.
This is a FREE workshop!
Overview of the Community Legal Information Center at VT Law & Graduate School
The Community Legal Information Center (CLIC) is open to the public for in-person legal research and reference visits. CLIC resources include databases, Vermont legal source materials, a library of self-help books, and free online legal resources. Join CLIC Librarian & Coordinator Pamela Cartier for an overview of what CLIC offers and how public librarians can add these resources to their reference playbook. This event will occur during Fair Housing Month, and sources related to that will also be shared.
Fair Housing Friday: Let’s Crunch the Numbers: Addressing the Vermont Housing Landscape
Join us for a riveting conversation with Nate Lantieri, Research Coordinator for the Vermont Housing Finance Agency to discuss the most recent Housing Needs Assessment that was published last year. We’ll be examining what the collected data tells us about our statewide housing necessities.
Fair Housing “Know Your Rights” Workshop
Join us for a FREE educational workshop discussing the protections and responsibilities under the Fair Housing Act, the rights and responsibilities of tenants, and resources available if you experience illegal housing discrimination. This event will be held in-person at the Fletcher Memorial Library in Ludlow, Vermont!
Green Mountain Habitat 101
Join us on Saturday, April 12th, to learn more about Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity’s programs! We will cover our mission, volunteering, and our homeownership program.
A free kid’s craft will be available for ages 6+!
Fair Housing “Know Your Rights” Workshop
Join us in-person on campus at UVM Davis Center or join via Zoom for a FREE educational workshop discussing the protections and responsibilities under the Fair Housing Act, the rights and responsibilities of tenants, and resources available if you experience illegal housing discrimination.
This event is for UVM-affiliated people only. A UVM email address is required for registration.
Finding Housing Workshop
Finding Housing focuses on strategies for overcoming barriers to finding housing (such as a past eviction, no landlord references or a criminal record), understanding the landlord's perspective and how to build a positive tenant-landlord relationship, and skills for conducting an organized housing search, including where to look.
This is a FREE workshop!
Book Discussion: On the Housing Crisis by Jerusalem Demsas
Join us for a conversation about the book On the Housing Crisis, by Jerusalem Demsas. This event is co-hosted by the South Burlington Affordable Housing Committee and the South Burlington Public Library. Learn about and discuss the causes and effects of homelessness and housing instability in South Burlington and Vermont. The discussion will be moderated by Jess Hyman of the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity's Statewide Housing Advocacy Programs and by the Affordable Housing Committee.
Community Art Exhibit
An art exhibition in celebration of Fair Housing Month at Burlington City Hall presented by CVOEO, Young Writers Project, and A Revolutionary Press.
Visit the City Hall Gallery April 17 through the month of May to see these creative expressions, vote for your favorites, and learn more about housing justice and equity.
Fair Housing Friday: Fair Housing in Homeownership
Join this discussion to hear from Ana Mejia, Homeownership Specialist at the Windham & Windsor Housing trust and Julie Curtin, Director of Homeownership at the Champlain Housing Trust to discuss homeownership programs available through their organizations. We will examine the importance of accessible resources for homeownership and how it promotes affirmatively furthering fair housing.
Chittenden County Regional Housing Convening
Please join the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) for the next Chittenden County Regional Housing Convening. This event is an opportunity to connect, discuss regional housing challenges, and explore the implications and opportunities of Act 181 and Housing Targets
The event is free, open to the public, and dinner will be provided. RSVP coming soon at https://www.ccrpcvt.org/
Green Mountain Habitat: Shared Equity Homeownership
Join us to learn more about Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity’s upcoming homes in Hinesburg! We will cover our application process and information about the program.
Homelessness and Housing Insecurity in Rural Communities: How Libraries Can Help - Series
The goal of this 6-month series is to help rural libraries better serve people in their communities who are experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity. Guest Dr. Julie Winkelstein will facilitate this series whcih will comprise instruction, resource sharing, discussion, and the option to create an action plan over the course of the series. Library staff are welcome to participate collaboratively with other local library staff, trustees, or community partners.
Friday Food Affair Dinner & Community Art Project
Join Richmond Free Library Trustees, Friends, and Staff for a free community dinner with Friday Food Affair, and a community art project. Part of our Vermont Reads programming, built around the book Gather by Kenneth M. Cadow.
HeART & Home Art Kits provided by CVOEO as part of Fair Housing Month.
Fearless Homebuyer Seminar
Thinking of buying a home? Get informed! Come to one of our Free Homebuyer seminar series.
Fearless Homebuyer Seminar
Thinking of buying a home? Get informed! Come to one of our Free Homebuyer seminar series.
COMMUNITY EVENT: First-Time Home Buyer Fair
Are you interested in buying a home as a first-time homebuyer? Come to this FREE fair to learn about the path to becoming a homeowner.
COMMUNITY EVENT: Environmental Impacts of Segregation Webinar
On May 1st, The Redress Movement will be hosting the next installation of their webinar series: "Lessons from the Field" with a discussion around the environmental impacts of segregation.
Book Discussion: Homelessness is a Housing Problem
Join us for a conversation about the book Homelessness is a Housing Problem, by Gregg Colburn and Clayton Page Albern. This event is co-hosted by the South Burlington Affordable Housing Committee, CVOEO, and the Library.
COMMUNITY EVENT: Tenant Power Craft Night!
Join Burlington Tenants United for a Craft Night in the Fletcher Free Library Community Room!
COMMUNITY EVENT: Fair Housing in Williston
Join us to view a short film about housing issues and then participate in a discussion with Williston Planning and Zoning staff and the Community Justice Center about local housing issues and actions.
COMMUNITY EVENT: GBMRC Presentation by Isabel Wilkerson
Isabel Wilkerson, Pulitzer prize-winning author, presents her book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.
HeART & Home Community Art Workshop
Express what home means to you and have meaningful discussions about housing justice.
COMMUNITY EVENT: A Conversation on Housing
Public debate on housing hosted by UVM’s Lawrence Debate Union.
COMMUNITY EVENT: Homebuying 101
Curious about how to buy a home? Join us for a FREE in-person event to help you understand tips and tricks to succeed in the homebuying process, how special programs could help, and where to get started!
Chittenden County Regional Housing Convening
Please join the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) and the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO) for the next Chittenden County Regional Housing Convening on Thursday, April 18th at 5:30pm at Hula (50 Lakeside Ave., Burlington)! This event is free, and dinner will be provided.
Fair Housing Training
Vermont Human Rights Commission is putting on a virtual Fair Housing Training!
COMMUNITY EVENT: Black Artist Market
Support local artists at this April’s Black Artist Market!
POSTPONED: JAM Art Exhibit
A multimedia installation exploring our relationship to home and the evolution of housing, deconstructing that relationship, and envisioning a new one.
KEYNOTE EVENT! Rothstein Presentation & Discussion + Happy Hour!
Fair Housing Month kickoff! The Keynote event with Richard & Leah Rothstein, authors of Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law. included a presentation, robust discussion, and book signing, followed by a happy hour.
Watch the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw6qr8GYHjo
Community Art Exhibit
An art exhibition in celebration of Fair Housing Month that will be displayed in Burlington City Hall for the entire month of April presented by CVOEO and Arts So Wonderful.
COMMUNITY EVENT: Tenant Power Craft Night!
Join Burlington Tenants United for a Craft Night in the Fletcher Free Library Community Room!
JUST ACTION Book Club Session 2
Just Action BOOK CLUB Session 2! In preparation for our KeyNote event to kick off Fair Housing Month, we are inviting you to join us in this book club series to discuss Just Action. Sign up today to join us to reflect on our readings together, and to start identifying themes and action steps to guide our work as housing advocates and active community members.
COMMUNITY EVENT: Film Screening of Just Getting By
Just Getting By—a new documentary film be Bess O’Brien is a sweeping, and yet intimate look at the lives of Vermonters who are struggling with food and housing insecurity.
COMMUNITY EVENT: Film Screening of Just Getting By
Just Getting By—a new documentary film be Bess O’Brien is a sweeping, and yet intimate look at the lives of Vermonters who are struggling with food and housing insecurity.
JUST ACTION Book Club Session 1
Just Action BOOK CLUB Session 1! In preparation for our KeyNote event to kick off Fair Housing Month, we are inviting you to join us in this book club series to discuss Just Action. Sign up today to join us to reflect on our readings together, and to start identifying themes and action steps to guide our work as housing advocates and active community members.
Home Creators Expo
Come learn from builders, planners, housing innovators, and more about what ADUs are and how to make them happen! Come to the Hartford Area Career and Technical Center on Saturday May 6.
Bennington Free Library: Fair Housing Feedback
A drop-in event to learn about Fair Housing, provide feedback to the Vermont State Fair Housing plan, and connect with BROC for housing resources & help.
Affordable Housing Discussion
Join the City of South Burlington Affordable Housing Committee for a discussion inspired by the book Fixer Upper: How to Repair America's Broken Housing System, by Jenny Schuetz. Come talk with your neighbors about ways to increase stable, decent-quality, affordable housing.
https://southburlingtonlibrary.org/1585/what-is-affordable-a-conversation-about-housing
Movie Night at Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center
FREE refreshments and books to take home!
Please register in advance for the Happy Hour: https://sevendaystickets.com/events/fair-housing-month-movie-night-the-pursuit-of-happyness-4-29-2023
BIPOC Centered Homebuyer Group with The Root and Windham & WIndsor Housing Trust
The The Root Social Justice Center and Windham & Windsor Housing Trust have partnered to create the BIPOC Centered Homebuyer Group as a part of the Root's Healing Series. The Group will start with an orientation to the series on April 29.
Fair Housing Feedback, Brownell Library Essex
A drop-in event to learn about Fair Housing, provide feedback to the Vermont State Fair Housing plan, and connect with CVOEO for housing resources & help.
How are you celebrating Fair Housing Month? Let us know here!