National Housing Trust Fund

The National Housing Trust Fund (HTF) is a federal affordable housing production program that complements existing Federal, State, and local efforts to increase and preserve the supply of decent, safe, and sanitary affordable housing for extremely low- and very low-income households, including homeless families and individuals. 

VHCB administers National Housing Trust Funds for the State of Vermont. The HTF regulations are modeled on the HOME Program, but there are several key differences, including deeper income targeting, lower rent requirements, and a longer minimum affordability period.

See a presentation describing housing developments in Vermont with HTF. Prepared by Jen Hollar for a Congressional briefing in Washington DC. on October 29, 2018.

National Housing Trust Fund Handbook
General information about applying for VHCB, ARPA-SFR, HOME, HOME-ARPA, and National Housing Trust Funds, the housing application and required checklists