Vermont has a wide range of programs, protections and resources to ensure the state's housing is safe, decent, and affordable to all.
Housing Access Reporting Tool (HART)
This tool is to be used by the owners of publicly funded housing to report on their progress, challenges and successes in working towards goal of making at least 15% of the housing units that received state-controlled funding available to Vermonters experiencing homelessness. This goal was established by Executive Order 3-73: Publicly Funded Housing for the Homeless.
Resources for Renters and Landlords
Information about rental and building codes, tenant rights and education, repair loans, lead-based paint, farm labor housing, and COVID Rental Assistance Programs.
Housing Statutes and Rules
For easy reference, the key statutes, rules and regulations, and recent legislation that govern the state's housing can be accessed below.
Housing Division Rules and Mobile Home Laws
DHCD's Administrative Rules for Mobile Home Parks, the Mobile Home Park Warranty of Habitability, and the Charitable Housing Investment Tax Credit, plus links to the relevant Mobile Home and Mobile Home Park Statutes.
Rental Housing
Vermont Landlord-Tenant Law (9 VSA Chapter 137)
Vermont Fair Housing Law
Fair Housing Law (9 VSA Chapter 139 Sect 4503)
Housing Links
Links to more than 80 housing resources sorted conveniently into 14 categories.
