An Act Relating to Affordable and Energy-Efficient Housing Growth

Status: HopperState: VermontIssue: Housing

Summary

This bill aims to increase Vermont housing by speeding permits for qualifying infill and mixed-income projects, offering tax credits and grants for affordable and rural workforce housing, and promoting reuse of underused buildings for homes. It also ties assistance to practical energy-efficiency standards to reduce utility costs and focuses growth where roads, water, and sewer already exist.

Full text

This bill expands Vermont’s affordable and energy-efficient housing supply by directing municipalities to create expedited permitting pathways for qualifying infill and mixed-income developments served by existing roads, water, and sewer infrastructure; establishing state tax credits and grant incentives for projects that reserve units for low- and middle-income households or rural workforce housing; encouraging the adaptive reuse of underused commercial and public buildings for residential purposes; and requiring that assisted developments meet practical energy-efficiency standards to lower long-term utility costs for residents while supporting compact growth consistent with local and regional planning goals.

Sponsor

Sophia DelaneyDemocratic Party

Cosponsors

Alberto MontoyaDemocratic Party

Results

This bill has not reached a completed state yet. Results and disposition history will appear here when available.