This discussion has been cancelled, but we encourage you to watch the film. If you would like to learn more about homeownership rates nationally and in Vermont and access housing data based on race and other factors, visit:
Vermont Housing Data (community profiles and town/county/state data on population, household, income, employment, homeownership, rental housing, housing needs, and more): https://www.housingdata.org/
Vermont 2020-2025 Housing Needs Assessment (includes fact sheets on demographics, housing stock, race, homelessness, and more): https://accd.vermont.gov/housing/plansdata-rules/needs-assessment
Homeownership dat by race (US Census Quarterly Report): https://www.census.gov/housing/hvs/files/currenthvspress.pdf
Please join us for a Zoom discussion of the documentary “Owned: A Tale of Two Americas-The Dark History Behind the US Housing Economy.” Facilitated by Mary Danko, Director of the Fletcher Free Library, and a representative from the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity Fair Housing Project
This film is available through the Library's video subscription service, Kanopy. Anyone with a Fletcher Free Library card can stream if for free here - https://fletcherfree.org/StreamingVideo. A DVD is available for loan, also.
Contact Mary Danko at mdanko@burlingtonvt.gov to register for this virtual program which will be held on Zoom.