The Keys to the Valley Initiative was undertaken by three regional planning commissions – the Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission of New Hampshire, and the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional and Mount Ascutney Regional Commissions of Vermont. The three commissions, called the “Tri-Commission”, cover 67 communities on both sides of the Connecticut River of the greater Upper Valley.

The Thetford Housing Committee plans to focus on promoting housing that supports current residents and people who wish to join our community. Originally founded as the Senior and Affordable Housing Committee of Thetford

Key activities include:

• Inclusionary zoning in transit district and expanding to city-wide in 2021.
• Working on recommendations that the city focus on equity and diversity as well as affordability.
• Planning to use Trust Fund for inclusionary zoning.
• Re-purposing land and commercial house for residential.

One of the local housing coalitions, or local Continua of Care (CoCs) tasked with administering homelessness services locally throughout Vermont. Serving Windsor County towns of Andover, Baltimore, Cavendish, Chester, Ludlow, Plymouth, Reading, Springfield, Weathersfield, Weston, West Windsor, and Windsor; and Windham County towns of Grafton, Londonderry, Rockingham and Windham 

The Shelburne Housing Committee was created in 2016 as a subcommittee of the Shelburne Planning Commission. Its goal is to collect, organize, and analyze data in order to most effectively advise the town’s Planning Commission on the creation of more affordable housing. 

The Housing Committee advises the Selectboard, the Planning Commission, and Town Staff on the housing needs of the Town of Richmond.

Key activities include:

Key activities include:

• Creating affordable and energy efficient housing revolving fund.
• Use of Town owned and donated lands for affordable housing construction.
• Increase rental housing stock through ADUs and making density bonus.
• Promote “missing middle housing”-duplexes, triplexes, quadraplexes.

Officially established by the Montpelier City Council on May 11, 2022. The Housing Committee’s mission is to "evaluate housing-related information and propose solutions to the City Council that address identified problems". The Housing Committee also works to educate the public about Montpelier’s housing situation and to advocate for policies and proposals that further the goals of the City’s Master Plan. The official committee is preceded by the Montpelier Housing Task Force, which acted between 1999 and 2022.