Act 181

Act 181, passed into law June 2024, overhauls Vermont’s planning framework for coordinating state, regional, and municipal land use. Act 181 reformed Act 250 by amending its jurisdictional thresholds. The overall intent of this Act is to facilitate increased housing production and other development consistent with the smart growth goals of the state, regions, and municipalities.

This Act sets forth standard future land use (FLUs) areas and terminology that regional planning commissions (RPCs) must incorporate into their plans through coordination and collaboration with their cities and towns. 

Starting in February 2025, ACRPC began outreach with a public informational session on the new land use mapping standards and methodology and has met with each municipality’s Planning Commission over the last few months. 

In tandem, as part of the HOME Act (Act 47 of 2023), RPCs must assign housing targets to each town/city taking the assigned future land use categories into consideration. 

After meeting with every municipality in our region regarding Act 181 and the Regional Future Land Use (FLU) Map, equating to 50+ individual in-person sessions, the Interactive FLU Map is now available for review and public comment. In addition, the Addison County Municipal Housing Targets are now ready for review (see link below).

As ACRPC wraps up our municipal meetings, we invite you to attend and/or share the public events to be hosted throughout the region.

Visit the links below to view flyers covering each important subject matter.