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Vermont Chamber urges technical fixes to Act 250/Act 181, supports opt‑out for Tier 1b and base funding for successful programs
Summary
Megan Sullivan of the Vermont Chamber of Commerce urged lawmakers to convert successful one‑time programs to base funding, warned Act 250/Act 181 mappings are constricting areas intended for growth, and said the Chamber supports making Tier 1b an opt‑out to increase areas suitable for housing.
Megan Sullivan, vice president for government affairs at the Vermont Chamber of Commerce, told the committee that recent state and federal funding allowed experimentation and created new developers in the market, but that legislative fixes are needed to sustain progress and increase housing production.
Sullivan praised programs such as the rental revolving loan fund and VHIP for producing affordable units in rural communities and argued they should…
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