affordable housing
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Sen. Welch hosts housing forum
U.S. Sen. Peter Welch brought together housing developers, construction industry experts, and local and state leaders in Vergennes on Oct. 16 to discuss barriers to building housing quickly and more…
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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…
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Home maintenance is a big job
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…
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Housing crisis presents obstacles, opportunities
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…
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Couple seeks to meet housing needs through home sharing
Addison residents Jan Louise and John Ball have often opened their door to those in need of a place to stay.
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Housing project in Midd weighs rising costs
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…
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Vt. supports repair of manufactured homes
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…
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Work on city condos begins anew after permitting delay
Cornerstone Solutions LLC of Vergennes has resumed construction on two condominium/apartment buildings at 1-3 West Main St.
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Letter to the editor: Still searching for a home
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.
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Students explore housing needs in Bristol
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…
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Students to examine Bristol housing
A team of Middlebury College students is examining housing needs in Bristol and looking to hear from town residents to inform their research.
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City council backs workforce housing with loan & letters
The Vergennes City Council recently took two actions intended to help developer Peter Kahn build workforce housing in the city.
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Healthcare, housing top concerns at legislative breakfast
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…
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Regional planning survey affirms housing crisis
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…
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Letter to the editor: Affordable housing options for seniors sorely needed
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…
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Residents mull over Little City housing
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…