BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Hundreds of new rental housing units have been brought online in Vermont with a boost from pandemic-era relief funding, and state officials plan to launch an expanded version of the program next month using state dollars.
At a time when high construction costs have made it nearly impossible for small developers to build or renovate housing for low- and middle-income Vermonters, lawmakers and state officials say the Vermont Housing Improvement Program has proved its worth. It’s helped create or rehab 535 units in the past four years, many for people who were homeless. Another 386 units are in the pipeline, state officials say.
Darren Perron spoke with Seven Days’ Anne Wallace Allen, who wrote about the program in this week’s issue.