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House committee keeps statewide rental registry language, asks tax department and housing agency to testify
Summary
Members of the House Committee on General and Housing left language for a proposed statewide rental housing registry in the draft bill and requested testimony from the Department of Taxes and the Department of Housing and Community Development to clarify what rental-owner data already exists and whether it meets the registry's goals.
The House Committee on General and Housing on Thursday agreed to leave proposed language for a statewide rental housing registry in its draft bill while seeking more information from state agencies about existing landlord data.
Committee members said they want testimony from the Vermont Department of Taxes and the Department of Housing and Community Development to determine whether data already collected by the tax department or shared with DHCD could meet the policy goals without creating a new, statewide public registry.
Cameron Lloyd, Legislative Council, told the committee he had not changed the registry language in the latest draft and that questions…
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