Gov. Phil Scott sounds housing crisis alarm again following new state report [Video]

GOVERNOR PHIL SCOTT ONCE AGAIN SOUNDING THE ALARM ON VERMONT’S LACK OF HOUSING AFTER A NEW REPORT SHOWS THE STATE IS THOUSANDS OF HOMES ááBEHIND WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. NBC 5’S STEPHEN BIDDIX SPOKE WITH THE GOVERNOR, AND STEPHEN…. THIS REPORT from the federal government… COMES OUT EVERY FIVE YEARS. WHAT ELSE DID IT SAY. IN ADDITION TO VERMONT IS LIKELY IN NEED OF AN ADDITIONAL 24,000 TO 26,000 HOMES BY 2029 TO KEEP PACE. IT ALSO SAYS A QUARTER OF ALL VERMONT RENTERS SPEND OVER HALF THEIR INCOME ON HOUSING. SCOTT AND OTHERS BELIEVE OPENING DEVELOPMENT FLOODGATES WOULD LEAD TO MORE SUPPLY WHICH WOULD THEN BRING COSTS DOWN. 00:01:31:02 Nicolas Storellicastro, Barre City Manager <THE HOUSING IS SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH.> A STATE NEW REPORT SHOWING VERMONT NEEDS TO BUILD 24 TO 36 THOUSAND HOMES BY 2029 TO KEEP TRACK OF NEED… AT THE MOMENT THE STATE IS way …