A 182 - NYU Furman Center

State Land Use Enacted Legislation

Bill #	State	Year	Party	Topic
A 182	VT	2022	D	Accessory dwelling units regulations, Affordable housing incentives and financing, Allow ADUs where single-family homes are permitted, Density Increases, Funding, Manufactured Housing, Minimum parking requirements, Planning for climate adaptation and hazards, Planning Requirements, Pro-Housing Designation, Tax Incentives

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Summary

Authorizes the Vermont Housing Finance Agency to reserve funds and adopt guidelines for grants to first-time, first-generation homebuyers, including outreach requirements, and appropriates funds for manufactured housing–related grants.

Establishes the Community Partnership for Neighborhood Development Program within the Department of Housing and Community Development (Sec. 4) as a collaborative pilot to demonstrate smart/inclusive growth through compact, human-scaled neighborhoods with minimum densities of eight units per acre, proximity to existing uses, mixed housing types and tenures, at least 25% permanently affordable units and 35% affordable at 80% AMI, multimodal transportation networks, and design standards that enhance historic resources, climate readiness, energy efficiency, environmental quality, resident health, and livability.

Creates the Missing Middle-Income Homeownership Development Pilot Program (Sec. 10) and appropriates funds to subsidize new construction or acquisition and substantial rehabilitation of affordable owner-occupied housing for income-eligible buyers, including subsidies for developers and homeowners.

Establishes a residential construction contractor registration system (Secs. 12–16) and authorizes the Office of the Attorney General to create one classified, two-year full-time limited-service position to support consumer complaints and related services (Sec. 17).

Requires municipalities, prior to a tax sale, to notify delinquent taxpayers about potential relief through the Vermont Homeowner Assistance Program for primary residences and prohibits proceeding with a tax sale while a VHAP application is pending; repeals this section on September 30, 2025 (Sec. 21).

Creates the Land Access and Opportunity Board by adding 10 V.S.A. chapter 15, subchapter 5, to promote access to woodlands, farmland, and land and homeownership for Vermonters from historically marginalized or disadvantaged communities, and empowers the board to advise agencies on policy, provide public education, develop disparity metrics and strategies, and recommend tax options in coordination with the Department of Taxes.

Requires municipal bylaws, for Neighborhood Planning Area designation, to allow minimum net residential densities of at least four units per acre (excluding ADUs) or not less than surrounding neighborhood density, whichever is greater.

Requires, for New Town Center Development District designation, Community Investment Agreements that enable densities of at least four units per acre and not less than densities allowed elsewhere in the municipality.

Provides that site plan or conditional use permits do not expire or become abandoned until more than two years after approval.

Allows up to six percent of municipal allocations from the Municipal and Regional Planning Fund to cover DHCD administrative costs and to authorize allocations as Municipal Bylaw Modernization Grants, and adds 24 V.S.A. § 4307 to create a grant program supporting bylaw updates that expand housing choice, affordability, and opportunity in smart-growth areas, including equal treatment of duplexes and single-family homes, parking waivers, and updated housing plans addressing low- and moderate-income needs.