House Committee on General and Housing

 

AGENDA

 

Room 31 and Zoom

January 13, 2025 - January 17, 2025

Last Updated 1/16/2025 10:01 AM

 

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

10:30 AM                   Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Housing Production

Angie Harbin, Executive Director, Downstreet Housing and Community Development

Andrew Winter, Executive Director, Twin Pines Housing Trust

 

2:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

9:00 AM                   Housing Production

Frank Knaack, Executive Director, Housing and Homelessness Alliance of Vermont

Sarah Mearhoff, Director of Advocacy and Communications, Associated General Contractors of Vermont

Miro Weinberger, Executive Chairperson, Let's Build Homes

Kathy Beyer, Senior Vice President, Real Estate Development, Evernorth

Kathleen Berk, Executive Director, Vermont State Housing Authority

Peter Gregory, Executive Director, Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Housing Production

Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing & Conservation Board

Pollaidh Major, Director of Policy and Special Projects, Vermont Housing & Conservation Board

Charlie Baker, Executive Director, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission

Catherine Dimitruk, Chair, Vermont Association of Planning and Development Agencies

Christian Meyer, Executive Director, Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Thursday, January 16, 2025

9:00 AM                   Security Briefing

This meeting will not be livestreamed due to its sensitive nature.

Agatha Kessler, Sergeant-at-Arms, Vermont State House

John Poleway, Chief, Capitol Police Department

Sara Macera, Sergeant, Capitol Police Department

Joe Tremblay, Officer, Capitol Police Department

 

10:00 AM                   Housing Production

David White, President, White & Burke Real Estate Investment Advisors, Inc.

 

10:30 AM                   Department of Housing and Community Development and Agency of Commerce and Community Development

Introductions and Overview

Alex Farrell, Commissioner, Department of Housing and Community Development

Nate Formalarie, Deputy Commissioner, Agency of Commerce and Community Development

Chris Cochran, Director of Community Planning Revitalization, Department of Housing and Community Development

Shaun Gilpin, Housing Division Director, Department of Housing and Community Development

 

11:30 AM                   Committee Discussion

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Friday, January 17, 2025

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

10:30 AM                   Intellectually and Developmentally Disabled Housing

Marla McQuiston, Member, Developmental Disabilities Housing Initiative

Hannah Schwartz, Member, Riverflow Community

 

11:00 AM                   Housing Production

Samantha Sheehan, Municipal Policy and Advocacy Specialist, Vermont League of Cities and Towns

Josh Hanford, Director, Intergovernmental Affairs, Vermont League of Cities and Towns

 

11:30 AM                   Committee Discussion

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Vermont Housing Finance Agency

Discussion of programs and priorities for 2025.

Maura Collins, Executive Director, Vermont Housing Finance Agency

 

2:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES

 

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If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Magali Stowell Aleman at mstowellaleman@leg.state.vt.us