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.

New! 2008 Registry List of Vermont's Mobile Home Parks (PDF)

The Department is responsible for administering Vermont's mobile home park law including provisions on park sales and closings and lot rent increases, and conducts an annual registration and publishes a Mobile Home Park Report periodically.

For more information including forms and notices for park owners, please visit Mobile Home Parks

Foreclosure Prevention

Mortgage Assistance Program at the Vermont Department of Banking
1-888-568-4547

NeighborWorks™ HomeOwnership Centers

Making Home Affordable - Obama Administration's comprehensive Financial Stability Plan - website "provides homeowners with detailed information about programs along with self-assessment tools and calculators..." more

Add an Apartment to Your House

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.

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Rental Housing

Publications of the Vt. Department of Public Safety; Division of Fire Safety

Publication of CVOEO VT Tenants Inc.

Vermont's lead law requires landlords who own properties built before 1978 to conduct several Essential Maintenance Practices (EMPs) to reduce the hazards of lead poisoning. Learn more at Leadsafevermont.org

Where do I find? Fair Housing Training Opportunities Information for Landlords and Tenants Directory of Housing Organizations

HUD Consolidated Plan

The Department has received HUD approval of its Consolidated Plan update for 2009-2010. The 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.

The State was also approved for $3.4 million in homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing funds available through the federal recovery act. more

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. more

"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.

Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness & Interagency Council

Homelessness is growing in Vermont, especially among working families. The annual point in time count on January 28, 2009 counted 2,568 homeless individuals including more than 750 children. More people are homeless and remain homeless for longer periods of time than in the past. more

Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Funds (HPRP) and Substantial Amendment to the Vermont 2008 HUD Consolidated Plan more

Read the latest Housing Council and Vermont Housing Awareness Campaign report 2009 Update of "Between a Rock and a Hard Place - Housing and Wages in Vermont".

Other Resources on Homelessness