Building Homes Together

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In 2016, Champlain Housing Trust, Evernorth and the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission launched the Building Homes Together campaign to address the region’s severe housing shortage. In the first five years, 3,600 homes were successfully built, eclipsing our goal — but challenges still remain.

A second five-year campaign — Building Homes Together 2.0 — was launched in 2021. It is a campaign to build 5,000 homes by 2025 for people of all incomes, including at least 1,250 affordable homes. This effort will grow our economy in a healthy, sustainable way, address long-standing racial inequities, and will support tax revenues to invest in our community, environment, and social services.

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LATEST: OCTOBER 2024 UPDATE

October 28, 2024 | Chittenden County housing and regional planning leaders announced the third update to the Building Homes Together 2.0 campaign at a press conference in Colchester.

ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN

The Building Homes Together 2.0 campaign advocates for increased housing production, setting a target of 5,000 new homes, including at least 1,250 affordable homes, in Chittenden County in the next five years (by 2025). Over 125 local leaders have joined the campaign. | View the Press Release » (December 14, 2021)

BHT 2.0 Campaign Summary: December 2021
A 2-page infographic describing the campaign was created to summarize the current available data, as well as to outline the benefits, policy changes, and capital increases associated with meeting the goal for 5,000 new homes by 2025. | BHT 2.0 Summary Infographic » | Source Information »

SUPPORTERS

Building Homes Together 2.0 is supported by over 125 local leaders. | View the Supporter List » (Updated 12/13/21)

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JOIN THE CAMPAIGN

Those who wish to sign up to support the campaign can do so via an online form. | Sign Up »

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ANNUAL BHT CAMPAIGN UPDATES (2017-2022)

Fall 2023 Update
Chittenden County housing and regional planning leaders announced the second update to the Building Homes Together 2.0 campaign at a press conference in Williston on October 23, 2023.

Fall 2022 Update
Chittenden County housing and regional planning leaders announced the first update to the Building Homes Together 2.0 campaign at a press conference in Burlington.

Fall 2021 Update
Chittenden County housing and regional planning leaders announced the conclusion of a five year outreach, education, and advocacy campaign focused on the production of much needed housing in the county. The Building Homes Together campaign pushed for 3,500 new homes between 2016 and 2020, with 700 of them permanently affordable to low-income households.

Fall 2020 Update
The Building Homes Together Campaign released its annual progress report that showed continued overall success in new housing being created, but a persistent lack of affordable homes.

Fall 2019 Update
A campaign to encourage housing production in Chittenden County is keeping apace of its overall production goals, but the gap between housing costs and wages is growing, housing leaders announced.

Fall 2018 Update
Chittenden County housing leaders announced that one of two housing production goals was being met for the county, indicating mixed results for the second year in a row.

Fall 2017 Update
Governor Phil Scott joined municipal officials, nonprofit leaders, lawmakers and housing developers on September 27, 2017 to applaud progress toward meeting residential building targets in Chittenden County, while acknowledging that more needs to be done.

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CONTACT

For more information, please contact Chris Donnelly: chris.donnelly@champlainhousingtrust.org

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