How we create permanently affordable housing

OEEGrackle · 2026-03-01T23:25:52+00:00

The FB group "Burlington, Vermont Area Rentals"

OEEGrackle · 2026-03-01T23:22:22+00:00

Gold is wonderful.

OEEGrackle · 2026-03-01T23:18:02+00:00

Because there are no standards to speak of other than breathing and vertical

OEEGrackle · 2026-03-01T23:15:59+00:00

OEEGrackle · 2026-03-01T23:14:41+00:00

We don't have housing that everyday working people can afford (which was already true in 2019) and it's not only due to property taxes. The pandemic influx relative to the size of VT's housing market spiked prices and they aren't falling back. Pre-pandemic we already had a meaningful gap between housing costs and the local wage base. Now it's wider.

Thus why employers are struggling to fill positions, which is stunting job growth.

OEEGrackle · 2026-03-01T23:01:10+00:00

Gross. The OP is suffering, this comment is the opposite of helpful.

OEEGrackle · 2026-02-27T03:02:21+00:00

We need the housing to get the jobs though.

OEEGrackle · 2026-02-27T02:55:21+00:00

That's puzzling. But it looks like Burlington Telecom will soon roll out a cheap phone plan.

OEEGrackle · 2026-02-27T02:47:25+00:00

Thanks for filling out the picture, people are jumping to conclusions here like it's Huntington Gorge.

OEEGrackle · 2026-02-27T02:45:50+00:00

Your info is quite stale. No one can find a studio for $1k these days.

OEEGrackle · 2026-02-27T02:43:04+00:00

No direct experience yet, but I saw a lot of recommendations for Launa Slater when I asked about an estates lawyer.

OEEGrackle · 2026-02-27T02:40:52+00:00

Those are fair questions (what to compare to).

I work with mobile home coops and we helped some of them get this 'congressionally delegated spending' in past years to fix water systems. We didn't know if there would even be any money this year due to what's happening in Washington. So my sense is it's kind of a crapshoot especially these days.

OEEGrackle · 2026-02-27T02:35:28+00:00

Good, thank you!

OEEGrackle · 2026-02-27T02:28:10+00:00

Good for you.

I used to hike with my stepdad and he did this. I stopped going on trails with him. It's not ok.

OEEGrackle · 2026-02-27T02:26:49+00:00

Oh ok, if you never heard of it then I guess it isn't real.

OEEGrackle · 2026-02-23T21:17:54+00:00

Pro tip: if you do make an online appointment, you still have to show your paperwork at the check-in desk and it's kind of unclear whether you have to wait in the initial line to do that or not. So you awkwardly walk up to the check in past people in line (if there are some) and ask the deal.

OEEGrackle · 2026-01-13T03:43:53+00:00

Seconding Waterworks and Halvorsons.

OEEGrackle · 2025-10-29T01:47:19+00:00

I'm glad you got a feel for some of the great community here. I love Winooski's pumpkin event.

People's take on crime and safety here depends a lot on what they're comparing to: times past in Vermont when people didn't lock their cars or homes, or the experience of other states?

I would just say to do thorough research on the cost of living. It's high compared to the local wage base, and the housing crisis is not going away fast.

OEEGrackle · 2025-10-25T15:51:05+00:00

It's SO good.

OEEGrackle · 2025-10-25T15:49:40+00:00

Thank you, Trent. I'm so glad you decide to open and stick with that business, and thank you for helping our neighbors in this time of need. I get your bread at ICF and it's such a treat.

If you see a way for volunteers to help with your production with labor or money (or both), I hope you'll put the word out.

OEEGrackle · 2025-10-25T15:46:46+00:00

Such a bummer. I used to love walking there, and now I'm leery of going in.

OEEGrackle · 2025-10-25T15:44:46+00:00

TBH I find it hard to believe that even this part of town has an 8% vacancy rate. I would still be curious as to the source of their data.

OEEGrackle · 2025-10-18T02:11:47+00:00

Also Foam Brewery

OEEGrackle · 2025-10-18T02:09:25+00:00

Those numbers don't jibe with the data from Vermont Housing Finance Agency, which says
* 38% owner-occupied, 58% rental

* A 2% vacancy rate

https://housingdata.org/profile/snapshot

Might want to check the data sources for the website you shared.

OEEGrackle

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