House Committee on General and Housing

 

AGENDA

 

Room 31 and Zoom

February 4, 2025 - February 7, 2025

Last Updated 2/4/2025 1:17 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

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

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

-                                   Caucuses

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Vermont Bond Bank

Introduction to the Infrastructure Bond Bank

Michael Gaughan, Executive Director, Vermont Bond Bank

 

1:30 PM                   Cost of Housing and Miscellaneous Issues

Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing & Conservation Board

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

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

 

3:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

9:00 AM                   Manufactured Housing

Joint hearing with House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development. This hearing will be held in State House room 10 and live streamed on the House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@VTHouseCommEcoDev

Maura Collins, Executive Director, Vermont Housing Finance Agency

Jeff Lubell, Principal Associate for Housing and Asset Building, ABT Associates

 

10:00 AM                   Break

 

10:15 AM                   Committee Meeting

TBA

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Labor

Overview

Sophie Zdatny, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

2:00 PM                   Committee Meeting

TBA

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Thursday, February 6, 2025

9:00 AM                   Committee Meeting

TBA

 

11:30 AM                   Manufactured Housing

Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing & Conservation Board

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

 

12:00 AM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Tax Increment Financing

Joint hearing with House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development. This hearing will be held in State House room 11 and live streamed on House General and Housing YouTube channel

Joan Goldstein, Commissioner, Department of Economic Development

Jessica Hartleben, Executive Director, Vermont Economic Progress Council

Ted Barnett, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Jon Gray, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

2:45 PM                   Break

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Friday, February 7, 2025

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

11:00 AM                   Committee Meeting

TBA

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Vermont Futures Project

Introduction

Kevin Chu, Executive Director, Vermont Futures Project

 

1:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES

 

Please email handouts to the committee assistant at least 24 hours before your scheduled meeting time. With few exceptions, any documents you send to a committee assistant are open to the public and may be posted to the committee’s web page.

 

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If you have any questions or comments, please contact

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