VERMONT HOUSING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 2.0 | NEIGHBORWORKS OF WESTERN VERMONT
27 Wales Street, Suite 201, Rutland, VT 05701
Eligibility
Hours
Voice - Information & Services
Service area
Addison county, Vermont
Bennington county, Vermont
Rutland county, Vermont
Description
Provides financial assistance of up to 50,000 dollars per unit to make vacant rental units available by assisting with health and safety repairs, as well as repairing code violations such as electrical, plumbing, water, septic, heating systems, roof, accessibility, and other structural repairs. Program participants are required to provide a 20% match of grant funds and rent units at or below HUD Fair Market Rent prices. Program can also assist with the creation of new units, including accessory dwelling units.
Last Assured
06/30/2025
What's Here
Providing organization
NEIGHBORWORKS OF WESTERN VERMONT
NeighborWorks of Western Vermont is a non-profit organization serving Addison, Bennington, and Rutland Counties. Services include home buyer education, financial counseling and homeownership coaching, down payment assistance loans, home energy audits, business energy audits, energy loans, home repair evaluations, and home repair loans. Neighborworks of Western Vermont has expanded its provision of its HEAT Squad program, a home energy efficiency audit program, to include Caledonia, Orleans, and Essex Counties.