Housing Division
The Housing
Division administers the Mobile Home Parks Program
and the Charitable Housing Investment
Tax Credit and coordinates development of the
state's HUD Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community
Development which guides funding decisions for U.S.
Housing and Urban Development funds.
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HUD
Consolidated Plan
The Department is updating
its 2012 Action Plan and considering amendments relating
to Emergency Solutions Grant funding and Disaster Assistance
Grant funding from HUD and will hold a PUBLIC
HEARING on February 13, 2012.
The
HUD Consolidated Plan covers a 5-year period and affects
approximately $12 million of federal funds. The Department's
Plan outlines the State's priorities for use of funds
provided to the State for the Community Development
Block Grants (CBDG), Home Investment Partnerships (HOME),
Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG), and Housing Opportunities
for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA). The goals of the plan
are to provide decent housing, assure a suitable living
environment, and expand economic opportunities for Vermonters.
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2010
Vermont Housing Needs Assessment
Funding Sources
for Housing Development
The Department's Vermont
Community Development Program
administers the HUD Community Development Block Grant
for housing, economic development, public facilities
and services, and home access modification projects.
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"HOME" funds
(Federal Home Investment Partnerships) received by the
Department are distributed by the Vermont
Housing & Conservation Board for acquisition
and rehabilitation, new construction, mobile home parks,
and organizational support for nonprofit housing developers.
Fully
half of the state's funding for affordable housing development
comes from equity generated through Federal Housing
Credits (LIHTC). The Department works with the Vermont
Housing Finance Agency (VHFA) through the Joint
Committee on Tax Credits, which allocates tax credits
awarded to Vermont.
The
Vermont Community Loan
Fund provides loans to affordable housing developers
and community service providers for housing and community
facilities that serve Vermonters earning 80% of the
median income or less. Projects include single and multifamily
housing, mobile home parks, elder care facilities and
community art centers.
Many
people who invest in the loan fund are eligible for
the Charitable Housing Investment Tax Credit more
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The Charitable Housing Investment Tax Credit
is a program authorized by Vermont law at 32
V.S.A. Section 5830c which allows individuals and
corporations who pay Vermont income tax to receive a
credit on their taxes if they invest their funds with
an eligible affordable housing organization ("housing
charity").
Mortgage
Help / Foreclosure Prevention
In
danger of foreclosure? You may be entitled to
court supervised mediation. For more information about
the Foreclosure Mediation Projected funded by the Vermont
Attorney General office visit the Consumer
Assistance Program website.
Mortgage
Assistance Program at the Vermont Department of Banking
1-888-568-4547
NeighborWorks®
HomeOwnership
Centers
More
resources for homeowner's
Mobile Home Parks
Many
Vermonters choose to reside in mobile homes (manufactured
housing) either on a rented lot - usually in a mobile
home park, or their own land. Mobile homes can provide
safe and affordable housing.
Please visit Mobile
Home Parks
Add
an Apartment to Your House
Publication
of the Department of Economic, Housing and Community
Development
Changes to Vermont's law
on equal treatment of housing and town bylaws created
new opportunities for homeowner's to add an apartment
to their house. The Department has developed a brochure
for homeowner's interested in creating an accessory
dwelling unit. Smartgrowth Vermont's Community
Planning Toolbox has helpful information for communities
addressing the new requirements of the law. A program
in Brattleboro
offers technical assistance to homeowners.
New Website Brings
Together Vermont's Rental Housing Codes
New website "outlines the legal rights and responsibilities
of landlords and tenants throughout the rental process
and explains the standards that municipalities and town
health officers should enforce when inspecting
rental housing" more
Visit this new resource now at www.rentalcodes.org
If you are looking for an affordable apartment, a good
place to start is the Vermont Directory of Affordable
Rental Housing. more
Answers to questions about your rights as a landlord
or tenant in Vermont are in "Renting
in Vermont" the Handbook for Tenants & Landlords,
a publication
of CVOEO VT Tenants Inc.
List
of agencies offering loans for home improvement and
rental housing more
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