Vermont's population has held roughly steady for several years, with modest dips in some recent counts. Among residents and policymakers, that has prompted a fair question: if the state is not gaining people, why does it need more homes?...
Read more >>Recently, Let's Build Homes (LBH) had the opportunity to engage with the Vermont House Environment Committee regarding S.325. We deeply appreciate the committee's collaborative approach and the work they've done so far to address...
Read more >>Act 181 was passed in 2024, with the intention of alleviating the double-burden of Act 250 review in designated “Tier 1” areas, a proxy for where the state wanted to see housing growth. At the same time, it would establish more restrictions...
Read more >>Vermont's Act 250 has been, by most honest accounts, a success story. Over fifty years, it helped the state avoid the sprawl that consumed rural land across much of New England. Drive through southern New Hampshire or central...
Read more >>Let's Build Homes commissioned a statewide poll of Vermont voters earlier this month, and the results confirm what our coalition has long known: Vermonters across the political spectrum are ready for action on housing.
Read more >>This week, Let’s Build Homes submitted urgent testimony to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy regarding the implementation of Act 181. While the law promised a "grand bargain" between conservation and growth, early data suggests...
Read more >>Vermont's housing shortage touches every corner of the state, but it doesn't affect every community in the same way. In our smaller and more rural towns, the challenge is often existential: aging housing stock, declining populations...
Read more >>Vermont has taken important steps to address our housing shortage. We've mapped out where new homes should go and committed $2 billion to help towns build the roads, water systems, and other infrastructure needed to support new housing...
Read more >>Let's Build Homes (LBH) is a growing coalition of more than 800 Vermonters and 250 organizations supporting impactful actions by state, regional, and local officials to create 30,000 new homes...
Read more >>Let's Build Homes is pleased to announce a major grant award from Arnold Ventures through their Catalytic Funding Program for State and Regional Pro-Housing Organizations! This is a huge milestone for...
Read more >>This summer we logged miles across Vermont—Derby (7/7), Rutland (7/24), St. Albans (8/13), Quechee (8/19), Barre (9/2), Wilmington (9/9), and Williston (9/22)—to listen. The aim was simple: show up in communities across the state, share...
Read more >>Earlier this year, Vermont took a major step forward in addressing our housing shortage by creating the Community Housing Infrastructure Program (CHIP). This program allows communities to use future property tax revenue from new housing...
Read more >>Act 181, passed last year, created a new set of rules to modernize Act 250 and make it possible to exempt some parts of the state from Act 250 review when it was duplicated by review in local municipalities. We at Let's Build Homes see this as...
Read more >>As part of our ongoing engagement around the state to offer a housing abundance perspective to the Act 181 mapping project currently underway, Let's Build Homes today sent a letter to the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission...
Read more >>Let’s Build Homes, Vermont’s leading pro-housing coalition, has launched a powerful new television ad on WCAX drawing attention to the state’s severe housing shortage and offering a vision...
Read more >>It is a core principle of the LBH coalition that Vermont must continue to invest public resources to create permanently affordable housing for people with economic barriers preventing them from securing...
Read more >>Ahead of next week's public hearing, Let's Build Homes has weighed in on Montpelier's new comprehensive City Plan through a lens of housing abundance. Long-term comprehensive plans are the guiding...
Read more >>The cost of housing in Vermont has reached a breaking point. Every day, we see its impact across the Northeast Kingdom and Rutland — from St. Johnsbury to Island Pond, from Rutland City to Killington...
Read more >>While there are many underlying factors contributing to our housing shortage, we believe that Vermont’s lack of existing municipal infrastructure is currently the most serious bottleneck...
Read more >>Let’s Build Homes (LBH), a non-partisan, pro-housing alliance, today announced its Board of Directors. Representing diverse sectors, regions, and backgrounds, the Board will drive...
Read more >>Vermont is facing a severe housing shortage that threatens not only our economy but the very fabric of our communities. Hardworking Vermonters—teachers, nurses...
Read more >>It is a core principle of the LBH coalition that Vermont continues to invest public resources to create permanently affordable housing for people with economic barriers...
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This week marked an excellent start for Let's Build Homes! Together we have demonstrated that this new coalition for housing abundance already has brought together...
Read more >>Abundant housing is the cornerstone of an affordable, vibrant and inclusive Vermont. Yet today that vision of our beloved state is at risk as we face an unprecedented housing shortage...
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