Mad River Valley Housing Coalition

10/13/2022

Save the Date- Bid to Build Auction🚩 - https://mailchi.mp/80c531e1b2ec/save-the-date-bid-to-build-auction

03/21/2022

Champlain Housing Trust (CHT) is now accepting applications for the Vermont Farmworker Housing Repair Loan Program. The program allows farm owners to make repairs and improvements to their farmworker housing to help improve the health and welfare of the farm workforce. The application deadline is Ap...

03/07/2022

Do you have a well or septic system that is failing?
The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources is providing more than $1 million in federal pandemic rescue funding to help low- and moderate-income homeowners repair or replace failed or inadequate wells and septic systems. Apply by April 15th.

Background During the pandemic, some low-income Vermont homeowners saw their income disproportionately affected by COVID-19 and had their on-site water (such as wells) or wastewater systems (such as septic tanks and leach fields) fail. Many of these residents are not able to pay for system replaceme...

10/22/2021

Learn more about how ADUs can help solve the affordable housing shortage in our community by attending this webinar. Consider using one of the MRV Housing Coalition’s ADU grants to build one on your property! For more information reach out to us through Facebook or by email at [email protected].

Learn more about how you or your community can increase housing by adding accessory dwelling units—also known as ADUs—a home built on a lot of an existing home—at this online workshop on November 3 from 5:30-7:00 p.m.. ADUs offer one approach that communities and ordinary homeowners can use to create much-needed housing that fits within the context of a surrounding neighborhood.

Register online to join this virtual discussion about:

(1) how ADUs have positively impacted the lives of their inhabitants, and
(2) what’s preventing more widespread construction of ADUs, and (3) what are some strategies for addressing barriers.

Moderated by James Vayo of Southern New Hampshire Planning Commission; sponsored by Southwest Region Planning Commission, Vital Communities, and The Local Crowd Monadnock.

https://vitalcommunities.org/events/adus-how-homeowners-can-become-home-creators/

09/09/2021

📢 We just launched a brand new YouTube series: Vermont Housing 101. It's a series of short videos, narrated by VHFA Executive Director Maura Collins. It's designed to help people new to housing in Vermont navigate the complex network of agencies and priorities that guide housing policy in our state. Subscribe to stay updated as we add more content to the series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiJCxkwf4XBdOgUpUb5rdqjZAKgtQS4oI

08/21/2021

Thank you to Friends of the Mad River for these storm smart tips to keep our homes and waterways safe!

If you have a little time this weekend, you can get ahead of Tropical Storm Henri by taking these Storm Smart actions at your house and on your drive. https://mailchi.mp/2d58c998acc8/ahead-of-the-storm-4949966

08/09/2021

Kyle Tatsak and Miquelle Thurber love living in Stowe, where there are miles of trails for walking their two dogs. They go snowboarding and rock...

07/29/2021

Homelessness has been persistent across United States cities and states. In Vermont, the number of people experiencing homelessness has been rising slightly, even before the COVID-19 pandemic, which nearly doubled that number from 1,110 to over 2,000 at its height. As a percentage of population, Ver...

07/15/2021

True for The MRV and the whole of VT.

A Vermonter would need to earn more than $23 per hour to afford a typical two-bedroom rental, according to the latest report from the National...

06/25/2021

The VT Senate passed the Rental Housing Safety Bill!! We look forward to Gov. Phil Scott's support of this bill! Thank you to all who helped move this critical legislation along.

S. 79 will help improve Vermont’s aging housing stock, ensure that tenants receive an adequate response to health and safety complaints, and help bring both consistency and equity to Vermont's rental housing market. - Thriving Communities

Senators voted 20-10 to overturn the governor’s vetoes, thereby giving noncitizens in Winooski and Montpelier the right to vote in local elections.

06/24/2021

Registration is still open for VPA's Friday webinar on small-scale housing approaches to aging in place! The webinar is free. REGISTER HERE:
VPA Webinar #2: Small-Scale Housing Approaches to Aging in Place
https://www.planning.org/events/eventsingle/9217586/
Webinar #2: Small-Scale Housing Approaches to Aging in Place
Friday, June 25th 10:00am - 11:30am

Many Vermonters plan (or hope) to stay in their current home as they age, and many are considering accessory dwelling units, duplex conversions, and home sharing. These seem like simple and attractive options, but the building alterations, financial implications, and changes to living arrangements n...