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Looser Act 250 rules prompt developers to build more housing

DEVELOPER PETER KAHN is using temporary adjustments to Act 250 to build workforce housing in Vergennes. Seen on Tuesday, December 10, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger

Lawmakers had hoped the temporary carve-outs would help ease Vermont’s acute housing shortage. Developers are using the new exemptions in at least a dozen locations across the state.

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