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Witnesses urge more time to finalize tier 3 maps and road‑rule guidance amid Act 250 overhaul
Summary
Vermont Natural Resources Council staff told the General & Housing committee that recent laws (HOME Act, Act 181) advance housing access but the state still needs more time to finalize Act 250 tier‑3 maps and road‑rule guidance; VNRC supports delaying the rule filing to September 1 to refine triggers and protections.
Two staffers from the Vermont Natural Resources Council testified to the General & Housing committee on Jan. 14 about how recent housing and land‑use reforms interact with conservation goals and why some rules need more time to be finalized.
Katie Gallagher, director of the sustainable communities program, told the committee that housing decisions are as much environmental as economic: "When we talk about housing, it's very much, an environmental issue for us," she said, and pointed to transportation emissions from sprawling development as a major source of greenhouse gases. Gallagher said state laws such as the HOME Act (2023) and Act 181 (2024) have reauthorized lower‑unit multifamily development in places…
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