Additional tools
- Participate in regional planning via your town's regional planning commission.
- Consider a Vermont Municipal Planning Grant or Small Grant for Smart Growth to research opportunities and plan next steps.
- Subscribe to the news feeds published by the Thriving Communities initiative and the Vermont Housing Finance Agency.
- Seek technical assistance by contacting Jess Hyman at the Thriving Communities Initiative of CVOEO or Leslie Black-Plumeau at Vermont Housing Finance Agency.
- Help identify important land within the community and identify opportunities for housing development or redevelopment.
- Conduct a land use regulation audit to identify barriers to affordable housing (Example: Essex)
- Institute Housing Impact Analyses for identifying unintended housing impacts of proposed local policy changes.
- Consider donating or selling municipal land for housing development
- Strongly support housing projects throughout the development process
- Seek funds from the VT Community Development Program or VT Community Foundation for developing additional affordable housing.
- Promote accessory dwelling units (ADU)
- Create a Housing Trust Fund
- Promote affordable homeownership through Shared Equity Model (via Community Land Trusts) and sweat equity programs.
- Apply for state designation (Downtown, Neighborhood, etc.) to trigger incentives for the housing development
- Set targets for the number of units or portion of housing stock affordable to low and moderate income households.