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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.