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DHCD: VHIP has produced nearly 500 units and manufactured-housing grants have repaired hundreds of mobile homes
Summary
Sean Gilpin, director of the housing division, told the committee the Vermont Housing Improvement Program (VHIP) has brought roughly 499 units online, has hundreds more in the pipeline, is fully subscribed, and that the Manufactured Housing Improvement and Repair (MRR) program has issued more than 326 home-repair grants for mobile-home residents.
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Sean Gilpin, director of the Housing Division at the Vermont Department of Housing and Community Development, told the House Committee on General and Housing on Jan. 16 that the agency's VHIP program and manufactured-housing grants are producing housing quickly and addressing deteriorating homes in mobile-home parks.
VHIP: rapid unit creation
Gilpin described the Vermont Housing Improvement Program (VHIP) as a rapid-response tool that partners with five regional homeownership centers to identify underutilized private properties and bring them up to habitable code. Grants are designed for modest, targeted repairs or conversions rather than full-scale new construction.
Key VHIP details described in testimony:
- Grants of up to $50,000 per unit are available today; DHCD…
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