Those are literally California prices, probably higher.

I think they're a lot of causes for the shortage. Not building for many years didn't help. Second homes don't help. Gentrification doesn't help.

Some mix of socialism and capitalism seems to be ideal.

Definitely not affordable but more so than now.

Market rate is now not at all tied to wages in the area, so "market rate" in Morrisville probably looks a lot like "market rate" in suburban San Francisco. It's affordable for the work from home crowd but no one else. The destruction of Vermont's workforce continues.

Post a link?

To me it's reality.

There are tenant protections and I bet Vermont legal aid goes bananas if they try to evict a dealer.

I don't, sorry that wasn't clear. Someone said Republicans lose because they're shit heels, that's why only democrats win. I just meant some Republicans can win if they aren't insane election deniers. They need to be in the new England republican mold of Charlie baker, Phil Scott, the guy in NH, etc.

It would be so awesome if there were a viable replacement.

I think there are a lot of people here with family money, but that isn't new. The people moving here now are working, they're working from home making in an hour what Vermonters make in a week. The workforce within the state is dead, the state will be unable to provide basic services in the very near future.

Anyone who can't see that "Vermont" is dead and gone is fooling themselves.

VT is way past unaffordable for people on ssi/ssdi. Ssi is like $900/month. That won't rent anything anywhere.

Well the governor is a shit heel and he got reelected by a very wide margin. Republican legislative candidates tend to be Trump loving goons, and they aren't getting elected here. Thankfully.

Does Emilie Kornheiser own a business? No but her parents probably do. It's a bunch of out of state rich kids, which certainly makes sense in VT.

Can you point to those eviction rules? My mom also swears this is a thing but I see people evicted in all parts of VT throughout the winter. Maybe it's a utility shut off thing, not eviction?

That works in theory. In practice no town in VT would allow it to be built. Look at what happened with the woodside replacement. No one will agree to it.

If we had California wages it would be different. That's the difference between CA and VT. Problem in VT is the legislature assumes everyone gets a check from their parents.

I think the majority sees it and likes it.

Same boat here. I'm out as soon as my parents are healthy enough for me to leave. There's nothing but old rich people here, it's pretty miserable.

We should also do what we can to stop people moving here to work form home. We need a workforce, not an army of "digital nomads" making $150k and making it impossible for people working in VT to live here.

I think the VT legislature is mostly people who are independently wealthy and have no idea idea how normal people live. If fees go up, why not just ask your parents for more money?

Stowe is such a gross, exclusive town full of rich white people from Long Island, Jersey, Massachusetts... I have no idea why anyone would want to protect that. Why those places appeal to anyone is beyond me. I understand the desire to live in a safe place but if the trade off is being surrounded by wealthy Americans, not worth it. The amount of entitlement and the lack of any diversity at all would be hell for me.

Vermont is never going to be affordable and has no interest in being affordable. The sooner people realize that, the better. The word is out, the gentrification is on, there's no going back to 2019. Does anyone actually believe Vermont is going to build another Burlington (40k housing units) in the next seven years? For Vermont to be affordable it would need to look very different and we all know that's not happening.

This question is impossible to answer without more information.