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Let's Build Homes urges state funding and CHIP rollout to offset federal unreliability

Joint meeting of the House General and Housing Committee and the Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing, and General Affairs · November 6, 2025
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Summary

Let's Build Homes told the joint committees Vermont needs stronger, state-controlled financing tools and full deployment of CHIP and regulatory reforms (Act 181, Home Act) to expand housing supply and reduce reliance on volatile federal programs.

Representatives of Let's Build Homes said state-level policy and financing must move faster to blunt the effects of federal funding volatility and to expand housing supply across Vermont.

Mara Weinberger of Let's Build Homes told the joint committees that the coalition has formalized as a nonprofit and is prepared to support municipal and state efforts to increase housing production. Weinberger said the CHIP program (the state’s newly created…

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