The Burlington Housing Authority administers Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers and project-based rental assistance, partnering with Champlain Housing Trust to serve thousands of low-income city residents.
Burlington Housing Authority operates roughly 1,200 Housing Choice Vouchers along with project-based and public housing units. Voucher holders may rent any qualifying unit in the city where the landlord agrees to participate and the rent meets HUD payment standards. Because Vermont's Sec. 4503 bars source-of-income discrimination, refusals are unlawful even if the landlord cites HAP contract paperwork burdens. Champlain Housing Trust supplements with shared-equity homeownership and dedicated affordable rental stock under the city's Inclusionary Housing Ordinance.
Landlords who refuse to participate after a voucher tenant is selected can face Vermont Human Rights Commission complaints and lose city housing-incentive eligibility.
Other ordinances people look up for this city. Green dot = verified primary-source excerpt.
Burlington, VT
Burlington Code of Ordinances §21-13 sets citywide quiet hours from 10:00 PM to 7:00 AM, during which noise plainly audible between apartments or houses is d...
Burlington, VT
Burlington's Comprehensive Development Ordinance limits fences in the First Lot Layer (front yard) to 4 feet and fences in Second and Third Lot Layers (side ...
Burlington, VT
Burlington Comprehensive Development Ordinance (CDO) Article 5 treats storage sheds as accessory structures incidental to a residential use. Sheds may encroa...
Burlington, VT
Burlington's short-term rental ordinance (Chapter 18, adopted 2022) requires hosts to disclose at registration the number of vehicles used by residents and g...
Burlington, VT
Burlington short-term rental hosts must comply with citywide noise rules in Burlington Code of Ordinances Chapter 21, Section 21-13. Quiet hours run 10:00 p....
Burlington, VT
Residential swimming pool barriers in Burlington are governed by the Vermont Fire and Building Safety Code, adopted by the Vermont Division of Fire Safety un...
See how Burlington's section 8 voucher acceptance rules stack up against other locations.
Help us keep this page accurate. If you notice an error or outdated information, let us know.