How Small Towns in Vermont Are Getting a ‘Once-in-a-Generation’ Opportunity To Build New Homes

In some states, such as Vermont, small towns have taken the brunt of this issue. AARP Vermont, in partnership with Smart ...
Vermont Business Magazine

Let’s Build Homes reveals 2026 Vermont legislative agenda

Brushwood Homes, a new modular home builder based in Thetford. File photo.
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Vermont needs to build 7,000 homes annually for 25 years to meet demand, says new study

A new study shows Vermont needs to build 7,000 new homes every year for the next 25 years − a total of 172,000 new homes − to keep up with demand and end its chronic housing shortage by 2050. If that ...
Seven Days

Are Tiny Houses a Solution to Vermont’s Housing Issues?

If you’ve been on Instagram in the past decade, you’ve probably seen a tiny house. These pocket-size abodes are cute, wholesome and minimalist — and can look like an easy remedy to our often ...
Valley Advocate

Downsize Me: Tiny houses celebrated in Vermont while barriers remain in Massachusetts

If you think that tiny house movement is just a passing fad for young people, think again. Lisa Kuneman, 53, of Brattleboro, said that tiny houses are definitely more than just a trend, and that many ...
Seven Days

Shutdown of Several Vermont Sober Houses Leaves Residents in the Lurch

For residents trying to stay sober at Phoenix House, a family of group homes in Vermont, the arrival of Thanksgiving this year brings little respite. Two days afterward, many will be homeless. On ...
VTDigger

Vermont’s aging homes put extra strain on state’s housing crisis

Walk through many of Vermont’s village centers and downtowns, and you might notice a pattern: House after house clearly built in a prior era, whether they’re stately Victorians or 1960s bungalows.