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Affordable Housing Programs

The city’s comprehensive plan outlines an affordable housing plan in the Burlington as an Inclusive City chapter. It references the city’s Housing Action Plan and calls for greater availability and improved quality of affordable housing.

Housing Supply Planning

This comprehensive plan encourages increasing housing supply and affordable options for all in Burlington, Vermont. In the Burlington as an Inclusive City chapter, there are multiple goals and actions for the city to take to provide housing choices for households of all incomes. The comprehensive plan also references the city's Housing Action Plan. 

Solar Energy

The city's municipal development plan addresses its commitment to energy efficiency and renewable energy, noting its goal of becoming a net zero energy community by 2030. The plan lists several strategies related to the expansion of renewable energy systems to achieve this goal, including creating a more efficient permitting process for solar energy and increasing awareness among stakeholders and the public (Action Item 6.8).