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Source topic or question: Housing

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We can build a Vermont where homes are owned by people, neighborhoods still know their neighbors, and every community has the opportunity to thrive. By making it easier for Vermonters to rent, buy, build, and remain in their homes, we’ll lower housing costs and property taxes, help young families put down roots, enable older Vermonters to age with dignity in their communities, reduce homelessness, and create good-paying jobs in the skilled trades.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Taxes, economy, workers, agriculture, and affordability

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By investing in local food systems, we’ll make nutritious food more affordable and accessible, improve public health, and reduce diet-related disease by making healthy food the easy choice. We’ll strengthen our rural communities by creating good-paying jobs across the food economy, keeping more food dollars circulating locally, and ensuring family farms can thrive for generations.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Energy, environment, public lands, and utilities

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Expand Vermont’s production of building materials by supporting local lumber, wood products, modular housing, insulation, windows, heat pumps, and other essential building components that strengthen local supply chains and create good-paying jobs.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Taxes, economy, workers, agriculture, and affordability

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Together, we can strengthen Vermont’s economy from the bottom up by investing in local businesses, workers, farmers, entrepreneurs, and the industries of the future—creating good jobs, producing more of what we need here at home and keeping more wealth circulating in our communities instead of flowing to distant corporations and shareholders.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Taxes, economy, workers, agriculture, and affordability

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Produce more of what Vermont needs by investing in local food systems, community-owned renewable energy, housing construction, forest products, sustainable building materials, healthcare, childcare, manufacturing, repair industries, and other essential sectors that create good jobs while making Vermont more resilient, self-reliant, and less dependent on fragile national supply chains and corporate giants.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Taxes, economy, workers, agriculture, and affordability

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Invest in the next generation of farmers through apprenticeships, technical education, affordable farmworker housing, and pathways that help young Vermonters build careers in agriculture.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Taxes, economy, workers, agriculture, and affordability

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Strengthen Vermont’s workforce and innovation economy by expanding apprenticeships, career and technical education, workforce partnerships, and research collaborations between Vermont colleges, universities, technical centers, unions, employers, entrepreneurs, and manufacturers—aligning public research with Vermont’s greatest needs so innovations in areas like Lyme disease, climate resilience, sustainable agriculture, affordable housing, clean energy, and rural healthcare improve people’s lives while creating new Vermont businesses and good local jobs.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Housing

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Modernize Vermont’s property tax and housing classification system by recognizing the different roles housing plays in our communities. Primary homes, workforce housing, permanently affordable housing, small Vermont landlords, and modest family camps would receive greater protections, while luxury second homes, commercial vacation rentals, vacant investment properties, and large corporate or private-equity ownership would contribute more. We’ll also close ownership loopholes that allow large investors to hide behind multiple LLCs, ensuring our tax system rewards homes that strengthen Vermont communities—not big investors and rich out of staters.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Taxes, economy, workers, agriculture, and affordability

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Having built a career through hard work and the trades himself, John has long been a strong advocate for career and technical education, apprenticeships, and workforce development programs that prepare Vermonters for rewarding careers in construction, manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture, and other essential industries.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 16, 2026

Source topic or question: Housing

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Support the start of a Vermont Housing Corps: the next generation of carpenters, electricians, plumbers and other housing professionals to meet Vermont’s housing goals. This includes partnering with Vermont’s career and technical education centers, universities, and apprenticeship programs to incentivize careers in home building through grants, loan forgiveness and scholarships and more.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Taking on Rising Costs

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The rising cost of housing has had a profound effect on Vermont’s workforce: with fewer units available, workers have had to commute further and further from their jobs or move out of state completely.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 19, 2026

Source topic or question: Taking on Rising Costs

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Since taking office, my office has made historic investments to improve the supply of housing by leveraging the State’s strong balance sheet to commit up to $130 million in low-interest loans to build 1,700 new units of workforce housing through the ‘ 10% in Vermont ’ program.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 19, 2026