Tiny homes offer one remedy for ongoing housing crisis

Hundreds of Vermonters are in desperate need of permanent housing and have been for a long time. “Saying it’s been a challenge to find housing would be an understatement. I’ve been in Vermont for about 13 years and we’ve moved 15 or 16 times,” Kate Bentley told the Independent in August.

As fall advances and many of us are thinking about wrapping up our properties for the season ahead. It’s time to put the garden to bed, patch the porch, and repair that piece of trim under the eaves before the wasps move in to overwinter.

the state’s approach to addressing its housing deficit needs to be multi-faceted and consider the various economic and societal issues the housing crunch is intertwined with. That was a key takeaway from a Sept. 20 panel on Vermont’s housing policies held … (read more)

Addison residents Jan Louise and John Ball have often opened their door to those in need of a place to stay.

Developers of Stonecrop Meadows — a proposed 218-unit, mixed-income housing project slated for 35 acres off Middlebury’s Seminary Street Extension — are readying their plan for a final review by the town in hopes for a November groundbreaking.

The popular Manufactured Home Improvement and Repair Program is closing its current round of applications this summer to maximize the impact of remaining funds. MHIR offers financial assistance to manufactured home communities (commonly known as mobile ho … (read more)

Cornerstone Solutions LLC of Vergennes has resumed construction on two condominium/apartment buildings at 1-3 West Main St.

I’m out here sleeping in the cold. I do work but it takes so much to save and with rising prices on everything it’s extremely hard.

Bristol residents agree their community needs more housing, particularly single family homes and senior living options. However, there are several obstacles developers face in creating more housing and that residents face in finding it. 

A team of Middlebury College students is examining housing needs in Bristol and looking to hear from town residents to inform their research. 

The Vergennes City Council recently took two actions intended to help developer Peter Kahn build workforce housing in the city.

Efforts to protect pollinators, grow affordable housing and pass healthcare reform were among the hot topics of the final legislative breakfast of 2024, held Monday at the Weybridge Congregational Church.

With a great majority of Addison County residents agreeing that we are in a housing crisis, there’s broad support for creating new dwellings through zoning changes. People here also favor authorizing more accessory apartments and offering other incentives … (read more)

Mr. Payne’s March 28 letter to the editor got me thinking about a recent article I read in Seven Days concerning aging in Vermont (Getting On: An Aging Population Is Transforming Vermont’s Schools, Workplaces and Communities).

About five dozen Vergennes residents and officials who came in person or by Zoom to the Vergennes Opera House to attend Monday’s citywide Housing Conversation agreed on a basic premise: Their community needs more housing.