Elizabeth Bridgewater

BIPOC homeownership matters

Vermont's lack of diversity translates to wealth and housing disparity. A number of programs across the state aim to correct a longstanding imbalance.


Elizabeth Bridgewater is executive director of the Windham & Windsor Housing Trust.


BRATTLEBORO-Every April, communities and housing organizations across this country recognize Fair Housing Month, commemorating the 1968 passage of the landmark civil rights law that outlawed discriminatory housing practices.

Yet despite nearly six decades of fair housing efforts and advocacy, people of color continue to face challenges in realizing the American dream of homeownership.

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Developer addresses ‘areas of persistent confusion’

Windham-Windsor Housing Trust offers a response about Alice Holway Drive project in Putney

Elizabeth Bridgewater is executive director of the Windham & Windsor Housing Trust, whose Alice Holway Drive apartment project in Putney is the subject of a series of appeals and lawsuits against the town regarding the project's approval process. As the Windham & Windsor Housing Trust and its co-developer Evernorth...

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WWHT responds to criticisms from tenants in story

I read with great interest the front page story about how the Windham & Windsor Housing Trust was following state guidelines in its work to address peeling paint at a property on Old Depot Road in Putney. The writer made a valiant effort to fact check the many false...

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