Housing Links

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State and federal housing agencies, public housing authorities, and regional planning and development agencies are in the Department's Directory of Housing Organizations.

Home Improvement and Rental Housing Loans

Vermont Community Loan Fund Affordable Housing Loans
NeighborWorks Alliance® of Vermont Home Rehab Services and Repair Loans (links to homeownership centers throughout Vermont)
USDA Rural Development Very-low Income Home Repair Program (loans and grants)
Burlington Community and Economic Development Office (loans, grants, access, lead paint)
State On-site Loan Program (homeowner repair or replacement of septic systems and water supplies)
Champlain Housing Trust Home Repair and Landlord Loans
NeighborWorks of Western Vermont Rental Renovation Loan
Bennington Rental Rehab Program (for 1-4 unit rental properties)
Brattleboro Area Affordable Housing (mobile home improvement loans, apartments-in-homes (ADU's), rental housing improvement loans)
Bennington Office of Economic and Community Development (housing rehabilitation loans for owner-occupied single family and mobile homes)
Green Mountain Home Repair (Windham and Windsor counties)
Vermont Farm Worker Housing Repair Loan Program
COVER Home Repair (VT/NH within 45 miles of White River Jct.)
Cathedral Square Home Modification Program (home accessibility for home owners age 62+ in several towns in Chittenden County)
Homeowner Resources (vermont.gov) - Resources for homeowners about home repair issues and contractors from the Vermont Secretary of State's Office of Professional Regulation

Energy Efficiency and Weatherization

The Weatherization Program
Efficiency Vermont Home Energy Loan
Energy Loan Programs (individual, business, and agricultural)
HUD Energy Saving Guide for Mobile Homes
COVER Home Repair (VT/NH within 45 miles of White River Jct.)

Housing Directories / Search for Housing

Vermont Housing Data Directory of Affordable Rental Housing
HUD Rental Assistance Page
USDA Rural Development Multi-Family Rental Housing

Health and Safety

Find your Town Health Officers
Vermont's Rental Housing Health Code (pdf)
Rental Housing Health and Safety | Division of Fire Safety (vermont.gov)
Agency of Natural Resources
Lead Safe Vermont website
Above Ground Heating Fuel Removal/Replacement Program

Fair Housing, Discrimination

CVOEO Fair Housing Project
Vermont Human Rights Commission
HUD Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Office
Vermont Center for Independent Living
National Fair Housing Alliance
Vermont Legal Help Website - Fair Housing

Homelessness

Housing & Homelessness Alliance of Vermont
Chittenden County Homeless Alliance
National Alliance to End Homelessness
National Coalition for the Homeless
Committee on Temporary Shelter (Burlington)

Mobile Homes, Manufactured Housing

HUD Manufactured Housing Dispute Resolution Program
HUD Office of Manufactured Housing Programs
Manufactured Housing Institute
National Association of Certified Home Inspectors, MH Page
HUD Manufactured Home Installation Program
Central Vermont RPC's MH Installation Program Brochure

Public Interest and Policy Links

Housing & Homelessness Alliance of Vermont
New England Housing Network
National Low Income Housing Coalition
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Housing Data Sources
Vermont Housing Data Web Site
National Housing Conference (Center for Housing Policy)
Housing Assistance Council
Prosperity Now (formerly CFED)

Law Links

Consumer Assistance Program (Office of VT Attorney General)
Vermont Law Help
Vermont Legal Aid
Vermont's Free Legal Answers
Vermont Judiciary Landlord Tenant Information

Homeownership, Financing, Insurance

Foreclosure Prevention / Mortage Relief

Tenant Information

Landlord, Developer Information