Winooski Housing Commission

The Winooski Housing Commission serves to advise the City Council on implementing the Housing section of the City’s Strategic Vision, where Winooski will "ensure a mix of quality housing that maintains and enhances Winooski’s unique sense of place and supports the needs of the entire community". 

Key activities include:

• Established housing goals for the Winooski Master Plan, identified gaps in available housing in Winooski and set targets to fill those gaps.
• Established a Housing Trust Fund. 
• Held a housing policy summit hosting housing experts to discuss housing policy options for the community.
• Annually reviews gentrification monitoring report and the landlord registry rental pricing survey.
• Made recommendations to the Planning Commission for policy changes to promote creation of affordable housing.
• Providing interpreted homeownership and down payment outreach education to promote Champlain Housing Trust, AALV and VHFA activities.
• Advocating on how to use Section 8 voucher for homeownership.
• Advocating on reducing parking lot and density for multifamily unit projects.