affordable housing


  • Historic city properties sized up for housing

    Historic city properties sized up for housing

    Two historic West Main Street properties could at some point add much needed housing stock to the city of Vergennes — one probably sooner than the other, according…

  • Top Ten 2022: Housing crunch worsens

    Top Ten 2022: Housing crunch worsens

    Addison County’s — and Vermont’s — dearth of affordable housing has been well-chronicled during the past three decades. And 2022 added another sad chapter to a housing dilemma…

  • State encourages building mid-priced homes

    State encourages building mid-priced homes

    With many Vermonters feeling stuck because of the increasing costs of homes and the dire lack of availability, state and local officials have announced a new program to…

  • Bristol looks for ways to build more housing

    Bristol’s planning commission is about to begin a deep dive into the local zoning regulations in the hopes of identifying changes that would expand housing opportunities in and…

  • County housing coalition seeks towns’ support

    A group of local advocates is engaged in efforts to improve housing opportunities and health care access for houseless individuals and families in Addison County.

  • Letter to the editor: McGill would help affordability

    We have a tremendous affordable and workforce housing shortage in Addison County and in Vermont.

  • Bristol & Vergennes get housing money

    The Vermont Housing & Conservation Board recently announced that it had awarded funding to create and rehabilitate 283 new homes in 12 communities statewide. One fifth of these homes will…

  • Middlebury housing plan takes shape

    The Middlebury community has a tremendous appetite for new details about a large, mixed-income housing development to be sited off Seminary Street Extension, and representatives of Summit Properties…

  • More details coming Wednesday on Middlebury housing complex

    More details coming Wednesday on Middlebury housing complex

    MIDDLEBURY — The company that is planning to build more than 88 units of “mixed-income” housing off Seminary Street Extension in Middlebury will host its second public information…

  • Esther Charlestin leaves Middlebury selectboard

    Esther Charlestin leaves Middlebury selectboard

    Middlebury selectboard member Esther Charlestin is stepping down from her position due to her impending move to a different Addison County community.