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VLCT tells committee CHIP can close a $240M municipal infrastructure gap needed for housing
Summary
The Vermont League of Cities and Towns (VLCT) told the committee it supports S.127’s CHIP program as a financing tool to help municipalities build water, sewer and other infrastructure, citing a VLCT survey that identified roughly $240 million in current gaps for planned projects.
Representatives of the Vermont League of Cities and Towns told the House Committee on Commerce & Economic Development on April 16 that S.127’s CHIP would create a new financing tool allowing municipalities to finance public infrastructure for housing without a direct general‑fund appropriation.
Samantha Sheehan, municipal policy and advocacy specialist at VLCT, said a VLCT survey of members found 35 municipalities already planning or designing water or sewer projects, with an average project cost of about $14 million and a median just over $10 million. Sheehan said the survey identified an approximate $240 million funding shortfall among projects that are designed or underway and that figure likely…
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