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.
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