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Vermont Housing & Conservation Board touts housing‑plus‑conservation projects, asks lawmakers to back capital funding
Summary
The Vermont Housing & Conservation Board updated the Senate committee on recent projects that pair affordable housing with land conservation, explained how Act 59 inventories count conserved farmland versus current‑use land, and urged support for capital funding drawn from the property transfer tax.
Beth Stew, identified in the hearing as executive director of the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board (VHCB), and VHCB staff told the Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee on April 2 that the agency is prioritizing projects that combine affordable housing and land protection.
Trey Martin, VHCB’s director of conservation and rural community development, highlighted a 24‑unit affordable housing project in the Putney village center that permanently conserves an acre of open space next to local markets and a farmers market. He said the development — which spent years in permitting and required a Vermont Supreme Court decision over Act 250 jurisdiction — illustrates VHCB’s “dual mission” of advancing housing and conserving natural resources.
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