CCRPC updated Hinesburg’s 2017 Housing Needs Assessment by revising demographic and housing stock data, conducting outreach to for-profit and non-profit developers in Hinesburg, and reframing the document around new recommendations to address current and projected housing needs.

CCRPC assisted the Town of Williston and Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA) in conducting a Housing Needs Assessment to help define goals for housing development across all parts of housing market and recommend housing-supportive bylaw changes.

The City of Burlington has been exploring the possibility of establishing a multimodal transportation facility in the City’s South End for over twenty years. The Burlington South End Multimodal Center Feasibility Study examined the feasibility of a transit center and potential housing at 68 Sears Lane in Burlington, investigated site layout options that tie together the planned uses on both parcels, developed conceptual construction cost estimates, identified potential funding streams for the project, and facilitated stakeholder outreach.

It’s not often that carsharing is seen as a potential solution for concerns about increasing housing cost burdens. Hidden vehicle and parking costs can contribute to an overall higher cost of living--housing and transportation. This report highlights the role that transportation and parking costs play in housing affordability and describes the role of CarShare VT in changes to Burlington’s development ordinances and new directions for the organization.