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Commission flags housing figures, recommends verification or removal
Summary
Members questioned several housing statistics and an old market quote in the draft plan, asked staff to check VTHousing and recent studies, and proposed replacing vague 'past 10 years' phrasing with explicit year ranges.
During the review, commissioners repeatedly questioned the accuracy and sourcing of housing numbers and an embedded market quote. One member said staff "couldn't find any of this data online and there was no source tied to who originally wrote it," and recommended relying on VTHousing or a recent housing study instead of unverified entries.
Commission members pointed to specific figures — for example, parcel and median-price data in a housing-summary paragraph — and suggested removing outdated direct quotes or replacing them with sourced numbers (for instance, a 2023 county median-house-price figure). Staff agreed to check with regional contacts (Devon, Bob Boyd) and to either source or delete unverifiable text before the plan is published.
The group discussed framing changes to keep the text useful in later years (use explicit years such as 2014–2024 rather than 'past 10 years'). The commission did not take a formal vote but instructed staff to return with sourced data and an edited draft for final clearance prior to notice of the hearing.
