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§ 302. Policy, fjndings, and purpose (a) The dual goals of creating affordable housing for Vermonters, and conserving and protecting Vermont’s agricultural land, forestland, histor- ic properties, important natural areas, and recreational lands are of pri- mary importance to the economic vitality and quality of life of the State. (b) In the best interests of all of its citizens and in order to improve the quality of life for Vermonters and to maintain for the benefjt of future generations the essential characteristics of the Vermont countryside, and to support farm, forest, and related enterprises, Vermont should encourage and assist in creating affordable housing and in preserving the State’s agricultural land, forestland, historic properties, important natural areas and recreational lands, and in keeping conserved agricul- tural land in production and affordable for future generations of farmers.

Title 10: Conservation and Development

Chapter 15: VERMONT HOUSING AND CONSERVATION TRUST FUND

Results: FY 2013 and FY 2014 2013 2014 274 affordable housing units 261 affordable housing units 27 farms; 4,041 acres 25 farms; 2,798 acres 7 natural area projects; 10 natural area projects; 1,875 acres 3,166 acres 2 historic projects 2 historic projects State Investment: State Investment: $9.64 M; 60M leverage $9.9M; $55M leverage

Economic Impact of VHCB Investments:

Total Project Costs; Jobs Created On-site and Off-site; Projected Ripple Effect

Housing Vermont Projects Completed in 2012-2013

Project Location Number

• f Units

VHCB State Funds Only Hard Construction Costs (Excludes A & E) Additional Economic Impact Total Economic Impact Jobs

City Neighborhoods Burlington & Winooski 40 $1,086,972 $3,909,719 $7,702,146 $11,611,865 137 Wharf Lane Burlington 37 725,000 3,610,550 7,112,784 10,723,334 127 Roaring Branch Apartments Bennington 26 508,536 4,261,418 8,394,993 12,656,411 150 Canal & Main Apartments Brattleboro 24 485,000 3,799,677 7,485,364 11,285,041 133 Windsor Village Windsor 77 5,000 4,770,446 9,397,779 14,168,225 167 Avenue Apartments Burlington 33 600,000 5,391,512 10,621,278 16,012,789 189 Vergennes Senior Housing Vergennes 25 216,000 4,426,177 8,719,569 13,145,746 155 Lakebridge Apartments Newport 21 706,267 3,675,248 7,240,239 10,915,487 129 2012 Subtotal 283 4,332,775 33,844,747 66,674,151 100,518,897 1,188 Algiers Family Housing Guilford 17 425,000 $3,322,353 $6,545,035 $9,867,388 117 Hickory Street Apartments, Phase 2 Rutland 23 100,000 5,013,121 9,875,848 14,888,969 176 Lamoille View Housing Morrisville 25 490,000 1,453,641 2,863,673 4,317,314 51 West River Valley Assisted Living, Phase 2 Townshend 12 100,000 1,908,065 3,758,888 5,666,953 67 2013 Subtotal 77 1,115,000 11,697,180 23,043,445 34,740,624 411 TOTAL 360 $5,447,775 $45,541,926 $89,717,595 $135,259,522 1,599

According ¡to ¡the ¡U.S. ¡Bureau ¡of ¡Labor ¡Statistics, ¡every ¡$1 ¡million ¡invested ¡in ¡housing ¡rehabilitation ¡creates ¡14.1 ¡on-­‑site ¡jobs, ¡

21.1 off site jobs and 25.4 ripple effect jobs

Impact of 2014 VHCB Farm Conservation Investments $2.25 million in VHCB funding leveraged $3.57 million in NRCS/FRPP

• and $2 million in private funds

25 projects conserved 2,800 acres

• 13 projects facilitated transfers (just over half)
• 8 of the transfers are to new farmers (buying their fjrst farm)
• 70% of the soils conserved are prime or statewide
• 12 out of 25 include river frontage and/or fmoodplain – and 9 of these in-
• clude water quality protection

Economic impact of 20 farms conserved in 2014:

• together the farms generate $7.5 million in total gross income
• ($376,000 average; range of $16,000 to $1.4 M)
• 135 jobs (including owner/operators);
• 83 are part-time or seasonal

Range of 1 part-time to 60 (10 full-time and 50 seasonal) jobs

Dismas House in Hartford, a nine–bedroom, three-bath home being rehabilitated for men and women transitioning from prison to new lives.

Mandala House in Rutland, developed by the Vermont Achievement Center, provides women transitioning from prison to safe, stable housing.

Mandala House in Rutland, developed by the Vermont Achievement Center, provides women transitioning from prison to safe, stable housing. Phoenix House in Barre, developed by the Central Vermont Community Land Trust. Housing and support services for individuals with substance abuse issues.

After Mike lost one of his part time jobs and his wife Julie lost her job, the Sweeney family was homeless until CHT was able to place them at a new emergency housing facility, Harbor Place. With the help of a case- worker and CHT’s credit counseling, they were able to move into a CHT apartment in Winooski they can afford.

Alex Wylie Career Highlights: 20-year career at VLT during which

• VLT conserved 750 farms and 190,000

acres of farmland Managed VLT’s farm project develop-

• ment, managing landowner relations,

assisting with stewardship decisions, and helping to lead VLT’s Farmland Access Program. Alex assisted in developing state policy

• around farmland conservation.

Before working for the Vermont Land

• Trust, Alex owned and operated a

120-cow dairy farm in Leicester. Alex Wylie

Agricultural Director, Vermont Land Trust (retired 2012)

Community Catalyst Award

On Grand Isle, the South Hero Land Trust and the Vermont Land Trust worked with new owners Bob Fireovid, Joan Falcao, Eric and Hannah Noel to conserve 178 acres where the families are starting a grass-fed beef and organic vegetable farm. The Noels enrolled in VFFVP.

Beth Whiting and Bruce Hennessey operate Maple Wind Farm, raising livestock, poultry, organic vegetables and making syrup. In 2013 they conserved their home farm in Huntington and purchased and conserved land in Richmond. VFFVP participants.

VLT conserved 102 acres at Orb Weaver Farm in Monkton, one of the fjrst farmstead cheese operations in the state. With a small herd of Jer- seys, the farm produces 7,000 pounds of cheese annually and markets

• rganic vegetables. Farm & Forest Viability Program participants.

Elisabeth has led the Housing Trust

• f Rutland County for more than 20

years during which time she has taken on extraordinarily tough com- munity development challenges with

• ptimism, perseverance and ultimate-

ly, success. The results of that work, undertaken with a committed board, talented staff, and partners, are vis- ible throughout Rutland County, and include buildings like the Tuttle Block in Rutland, the Erastus Thayer House in Brandon, the Adams House in Fair Haven and the Stanislaus School and convent in West Rutland. Elisabeth Kulas

Executive Director, Housing Trust of Rutland County

Community Catalyst Award

What once served as an administration building at the former Brandon Training School has been reconfjgured by the Housing Trust of Rutland County to create 27 family rentals.

The vacant, historic Watkins School in Rutland. The Housing Trust of Rutland County will reconfjgure and construct a building to create 14 senior apartments.

At the corner of Union and Barlow Streets in Brandon, the Housing Trust of Rutland County rehabiliated an apartment building, removed 7 vacant mobile homes, demolished deteriorated buildings and construct- ed two new buildings to create 12 affordable rentals.

Paul helped to start the Preservation Trust of Vermont and in 1980 he was hired as executive director. Since that time, PTV has provided assistance with nearly 2,000 historic preservation projects around the state, supporting local groups in their efforts, organiz- ing professional education and ad- ministering grant funds. In 2010, PTV received an award for organizational excellence from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Paul Bruhn

Executive Director, Preservation Trust of Vermont

Community Stewardship Award

Marble Museum in Proctor, to be purchased by the Preservation Trust

• f Vermont and developed as an educational center and tourist desti-

nation for the history of the marble industry and the study of geology.

In Guildford (Village of Algiers), the Preservation Trust of Vermont used VHCB funding to acquire, preserve and rehabilitate the Country Store, an important public meeting place in this small village.

The Windham & Windsor Housing Trust and Housing Vermont used VHCB funding to rehabilitate and construct new housing in the Village

• f Algiers as part of a community development project that also in-

cluded acquisition and preservation of the Village store.

Since 1991, Brenda has served as the executive director of the Champlain Housing Trust, the largest community land trust in the country. CHT owns

• r manages 1,500 apartments, stew-

ards 485 owner-occupied homes in its signature shared-equity program, provides services to fjve housing co-

• peratives, and offers affordable en-

ergy effjciency and rehab loans. CHT community development work gener- ates jobs and stimulates the economy. In 2008, CHT won the United Nations World Habitat Award, recognizing its innovative, sustainable programs. Brenda Torpy

CEO Champlain Housing Trust

Mollie Beattie Award

Harrington Village in Shelburne - a new neighborhood with 82 homes for seniors, individuals and families. Includes conserved land along the LaPlatte River.

Site plan for Harrington Village in Shelburne. 13 acres with trails and frontage on the LaPlatte River donated to the Town of Shelburne. Lo- cated on the northern edge of the village.

Park Place in Burlington, circa 1997, following a fjre.

Park Place in Burlington, today, following acquisition and rehab by the Champlain Housing Trust and Housing Vermont to preserve af- fordability of 34 downtown apartments and commercial space.

Karleen and Alan Wagner purchased a condo at South Meadow in Burlington – a home they had rented for 25 years. Alan works at DynaPower, a manu- facturer of solar technology. Karleen works cleaning houses and pursues her calling as a minister. CHT/Jon Shenton photo

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Occupations among a sample of 485 single-family homeowners who purchased their homes through the Champlain Housing Trust with VHCB funding for purchase subsidies (HOMELAND Program).

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Property: Location:

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Proposed VHCB Easement Area

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River Bend Park Design Proposal Northfjeld

Norwich University School of Architecture and Art Design/Build Studio Design Charette

Features: Organic Playscape Community Gardens Recreational Spaces Ample Park

Manufactured Housing Innovation Pilot Project

In partnership with Effjciency Vermont, the High Meadows Fund, the Vermont Community Foundation and other funding partners, Vermont housing agencies, HomeOwnership Centers, non-profjt housing developers and UVM, VHCB led an effort to design and build 10 highly energy effjcient manufactured homes. Built by VerMod in Wilder, the homes in the pilot are being sold, with purchase subsidies, to owners in non-profjt owned mobile home parks or on private lots.

Ladd Hall in the Waterbury complex, where CVCLT and Housing Vermont will develop 27 family apartments using $1.08M in VHCB and federal HOME funds for the $6M development.

Ladd Hall in the Waterbury complex, where CVCLT and Housing Vermont will develop 27 family apartments using $1.08M in VHCB and federal HOME funds for the $6M development. Map showing location of Melrose Place senior housing in the fmoodplain in Brattleboro.

John G. Van Hoesen photo

In Ira and Poultney, The Conservation Fund protected 2,874 acres to be transfered to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department for addition to the Bird Mountain Wildlife Management Area. The acquisition protects a large unbroken tract for wildlife habitat, hunting, fjshing and hiking in the Taconic Mountains and protects the headwaters of the Castleton, Poultney and Clarendon Rivers.

Bolton Nordic and Backcountry 1,144 acres conserved for addition to

• Mt. Mansfjeld State Forest. 90 kilometers
• f back country trails managed by Bolton

and used by Burlington and Essex high school students, UVM’s Nordic team and others. Important wildlife connectivity.

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Ladd Hall in the Waterbury complex, where CVCLT and Housing Ver- mont will develop 27 family apartments using $1.08M in VHCB and federal HOME funds for the $6M development.

HISTORY OF VHCB FUNDING

Best Years: FY 2000 - $16.4 million FY 2001 - $15.1 million FY 2006 - $15.6 million FY 2008 - $15.4 million

High Demand: Pipeline of VHCB Applications

1. HOUSING 45 proposals to develop 1,750 affordable homes Seeking $22.8 million in VHCB funding and $13.9 million in HOME Program funding 2. CONSERVATION 93 farm applications seeking $24 million; 36 historic buildings seeking $2.2 million; 70 conservation projects to protect 8,000 acres seeking $6.7 million

Northwind Farm, Cabot and Peacham - In 2010 Geordie and Emery Lynd started a grass-based organic dairy, raising pigs, and planning to expand into sugaring. Working with NOFA-VT through the Farm Viabil- ity Program, they planned for their transition to organic as well as di- versifying their income streams. They sold development rights to their farm with funding from VHCB and NRCS in 2012, allowing them to re- duce their debt.