Housing Choice and Affordability in Northwest Vermont

Understanding & Reducing Regulatory Barriers at the Local Level

A project funded by the Agency of Commerce and Community Development’s Bylaw Modernization Grant Program, with a grant made to St. Albans Town (lead), Enosburgh, Highgate, Montgomery, and Sheldon.

In fiscal year 2022, the Vermont Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) made $500,000 available to grant to municipalities for land use, development, and zoning bylaw updates in support of pedestrian-oriented development patterns that increase housing choice and affordability within smart growth areas, and in accordance with Vermont’s smart growth principles (24 V.S.A. §2791).  This funding is intended to help communities confront the State’s housing shortage and ready areas for new homes through bylaw modernization.  The Town of St. Albans was awarded a bylaw modernization grant with the towns of Enosburgh, Highgate, Montgomery, and Sheldon.  The Town of St. Albans has contracted with the Northwest Regional Planning Commission to complete the project.

Project Press Release