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VHCB witness urges evaluation of farmworker housing pilot instead of a new statewide farm survey
Summary
Vermont Housing Conservation Board testimony recommended a program evaluation of the Champlain Housing Trust pilot that has provided forgivable repairs and replacement loans to farmworker housing, rather than a new on‑farm survey; lawmakers were told continued funding and clearer bill language will be needed to sustain the program.
Pauly Major of the Vermont Housing Conservation Board (VHCB) told the House Committee on General & Housing that VHCB supports S.328's attention to farmworker housing but urged lawmakers to direct a program evaluation of the pilot the agency helped stand up rather than commissioning a new statewide on‑farm needs survey.
Major summarized VHCB's 2020 farmworker housing needs assessment and said the agency issued an RFP that selected Champlain Housing Trust (CHT) to operate a pilot program. Major reported the pilot offers forgivable repairs of up to $30,000 (forgivable over 10 years) and loans up to $120,000 for replacement housing. She said the program has supported repairs and…
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