Housing Resource Toolbox

Housing Topics

An introduction to key concepts and strategies for local housing advocacy

Housing Committees

Details about the role of housing committees in Vermont, including examples of activities, and resources for starting a housing committee in your community.

Home Affordability Calculator

A tool to show the affordable purchase price of a home at any household income level

Purchase Price & Rent Affordability Table

A tool to understand affordable home purchase prices and monthly rent amounts for Vermonters based on HUD monthly income guidelines.

Housing Needs Assessments

State & local reports outlining housing conditions, including tips on how to conduct a needs assessment in your community.

Local Tools & Strategies

Tools for municipalities and housing advocates to improve housing access in their community, including local and national examples.

Housing Glossary

Terms, acronyms, and concepts related to housing

Publications

Publications and resources prepared by VHFA and other housing organizations

News & Articles

The latest Vermont housing updates shared from the VHFA News blog

Search by Housing Terms

Affordable housing (3)

AirDNA (2)

American Community Survey (ACS) (29)

Area Median Income (AMI) (4)

Census Building Permit Survey (BPS) (1)

Child (2)

Community Action Agencies (CAA) (1)

Comprehensive Housing Affordability Study (CHAS) (3)

Continuum of Care (CoC) (1)

Cost burden (3)

Current Employment Statistics (CES) (1)

Decennial Census (5)

Density bonus (1)

Emergency shelter (1)

Fair Housing (1)

Fair Market Rent (FMR) (3)

Gross rent (1)

Group quarters (1)

Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) (1)

Homelessness Point-in-Time count (PIT) (1)

Household (4)

Household formation (3)

Housing density (1)

Housing Inventory Count (HIC) (1)

Housing Needs Assessment (HNA) (1)

Housing stock (8)

Housing Wage (2)

Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) (3)

Manufactured home (3)

Manufactured home park (2)

Mortgage (2)

Multifamily Housing (4)

Multiple Listing Service (MLS) (3)

Natural population change (1)

Net migration (1)

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (1)

Older Vermonter (1)

Owner occupied home (3)

Permanent supportive housing (PSH) (1)

Population (4)

Population aging (1)

Population projections (2)

Population pyramid (1)

Property Transfer Tax (PTT) (6)

Race (3)

Regional Planning Commission (RPC) (1)

Renter occupied home (3)

Seasonal/Secondary home (6)

Section 8: Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) (3)

Short Term Rental (2)

Single family home (1)

Tenure (12)

Transitional housing (1)

U.S. Census Bureau (2)

U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) (5)

U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) (1)

Unsheltered homelessness (1)

USDA Census of Agriculture (1)

Vacancy rate (2)

Vacant home (5)

Vermont Act 250 (1)

Vermont Department of Housing & Community Development (DHCD) (4)

Vermont Department of Labor (DOL) (6)

Vermont Grand List (1)

Vermont Housing & Conservation Board (VHCB) (1)

Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA) (7)

The Housing Resource Toolbox provides an ever-growing collection of resources and best practices intended to help municipal decision-makers and community members develop local housing policy.