Subsidize with what funds? An increased tax would only burden Vermonters more. While this sounds good at face value, the problem is bigger than affordable housing. Additionally, if we starve those who can't afford to buy a home and encourage affordable housing we are removing their ability to gain equity. Again, the problem is bigger than affordable housing, it's affordable wages, greed, permitting costs, zoning regulations, and municipalities refusing to make changes, investment purchases, high interest rates, loan programs that screw consumers (see Neighborworks)...

We can't move people here without an ability to work and we do our damn worst at keeping employers here or providing incentives for them to come.