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.Vermonters are speaking with one voice. The housing shortage is not just one is...

Vermont’s housing goals are at risk. 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 a troubling t...

In our last post we made the case that ROOT Zones (Residential Opportunity Overlay Towns) could be a comprehensive fix to Vermont’s badly broken permit appeals system. However, ROOT Zones could also help address another major housing challenge that is coming into focus as the state completes the ...

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.But for these changes to deliver results, we must address one...

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 for households of all income levels. Our mission is to create a Vermont of abundant housing for househol...

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 our coalition and a powerful validation of the work we're doing together to solve Vermont's housi...

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 what we’ve been working on, and hear directly what’s helping...

Earlier this year, Vermont took a major step forward in addressing our housing shortage by creating the Community and Housing Infrastructure Program (CHIP). This program allows communities to use future property tax revenue from new housing developments to pay for the infrastructure those homes n...