Housing Targets
Regional Planning Commissions must set housing targets for each town based on the Vermont Statewide Housing Needs Assessment. This assessment estimates how many homes may be needed by 2030 and 2050. The housing targets are intended to help plan for future housing needs, with much of the growth expected to occur in areas that are already more developed.
These targets are benchmarks, not requirements. Local decisions will continue to guide growth and development. Towns will use the goals, actions, and strategies in their Town Plans to make planning decisions. In towns with zoning and subdivision bylaws, those local regulations will continue to guide development. In towns without those regulations, Act 250 review will continue as it does today. CVRPC Regional and Municipal Housing Targets 2030 and 2050