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VHCB outlines pipeline of affordable units and warns vouchers and rental assistance are essential
Summary
Vermont Housing and Conservation Board told the committee it has invested heavily in shelter and housing during the pandemic and reported a pipeline of roughly 1,000 units in development; VHCB warned that without rental assistance and vouchers many extremely low-income households cannot access new units and noted a pilot for resident service coordinators.
Gus Selig, executive director of the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board (VHCB), and policy director Paula Major briefed the committee on VHCB's recent investments and the pipeline of units expected to come online in the next several years. They noted VHCB has invested in shelter improvements and conversion projects (motel-to-housing examples) and said roughly 718 homes for people who were unhoused have been funded…
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