House Committee on General and Housing

 

AGENDA

 

Room 31 and Zoom

May 5, 2026 - May 8, 2026

Last Updated 5/8/2026 11:50 AM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-general-and-housing.

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

10:00 AM                   House Floor

Followed by Caucuses and lunch

 

1:00 PM                   S. 328 - An act relating to housing and common interest communities

Review of proposed amendments from H.775, draft 2.2

Cameron Wood, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

1:35 PM                   Break

 

1:45 PM                   S. 328 - An act relating to housing and common interest communities

Review of proposed amendments from H.775, draft 2.2

Jon Gray, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

2:05 PM                   Landlord Certificate Data Report

Review of Landlord Certificate Data Report pursuant to Act 69 of 2025

Jake Feldman, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Department of Taxes

Abby Magnus, Tax Fiscal Analyst, Department of Taxes

 

2:45 PM                   Housing Development

Updates and data trends

Maura Collins, Executive Director, Vermont Housing Finance Agency - Zoom

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

John Adams, Director, Center for Geographic Information, Agency of Digital Services

 

3:45 PM                   S. 328 - An act relating to housing and common interest communities

Committee discussion of proposed amendments and testimony on section 4 of H.775

Maura Collins, Executive Director, Vermont Housing Finance Agency

 

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

9:05 AM                   Housing Issues

Housing demand and construction targets

Catherine Dimitruk, Executive Director, Northwest Regional Planning Commission

Corey Parent, Former Interim Town Manager, St. Albans Town

 

10:20 AM                   Break

 

10:30 AM                   Housing Issues

Housing demand and construction targets

Miro Weinberger, Executive Chairperson, Let's Build Homes - Zoom

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Thursday, May 7, 2026

9:30 AM                   Housing Issues

Housing demand and construction

Joe Ament, Assistant Professor, Ecological Economics, University of Vermont - Zoom

 

10:15 AM                   TBD

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Friday, May 8, 2026

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

After Floor                         Housing Initiatives

Homes for All

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

Ornella Matta-Figueroa, Co-Director, Land Access and Opportunity Board

Benton Winrich, Grants Management Specialist II, Department of Housing and Community Development

John Dunbar, Whitaker Properties

Jean Hamilton, Director of Program Development, Land Access and Opportunity Board

Tay Margison, Small-Scale Developer Training Program Manager, Vermont Housing & Conservation Board

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES

 

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If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Miriam Eligberg at Miriam.Eligberg@vtleg.gov