The Vermont Housing & Conservation Board (VHCB) will award $168.8 million in supplemental state funds and federal American Rescue Plan Act State Fiscal Recovery Fund (ARPA-SFR) funding for investments in housing, conservation, working lands businesses and rural economic development. The first general application due date is July 23, 2021.
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VHCB expects to award these funds over the next two fiscal years to accelerate the production and rehabilitation of housing by non-profit and private housing developers, to conserve farmland, natural areas, forestland, and recreational lands, for VHCB’s Vermont Farm & Forest Viability Program to assist working lands enterprises, and to make grants to communities through the Rural Economic Development Initiative. Non-profits, municipalities, and cooperative housing organizations are eligible to apply for state funding, both supplemental and base. Private housing developers, non-profits, municipalities, and cooperative housing organizations are eligible to apply for ARPA-SFR funding, as well as federal HOME and National Housing Trust funding administered by VHCB.
Application due dates:
July 23, 2021 for consideration at a board meeting September 29, 2021
November 29, 2021 for consideration at a board meeting on January 26, 2022 and
February 25, 2022 for consideration at a board meeting on May 13, 2022
VHCB will host two upcoming webinars for applicants for ARPA-SFR Housing Funds:
Monday, July 12 at 3:00 p.m.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89413638985 or to call in: 1-646-558-8656, meeting ID# 89413638985
Wednesday, July 14th at 5:30
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86774047869 or to call in: 1-301-715-8592, meeting ID# 86774047869
More information and application materials are available on VHCB's website.