Local housing resources
BURLINGTON VT BHA FOUR-CATEGORY DIRECTORY REVIEW — https://burlingtonhousing.org/properties, reviewed September 29, 2026, divides properties among Elderly/Disabled (62+ OR disabled), Family, Multifamily/PBRA and Other. Its four pages currently link 30 individual detail records: 21 described as residential/market-rate properties (some names repeat at different streets) plus nine unaddressed special/referral housing leads. Its https://burlingtonhousing.org/available-rentals introduction says BHA owns/manages 32 properties and about 680 units; that is a PORTFOLIO claim, not an inventory or availability for any one address. That introduction describes income-restricted properties but the Other category explicitly includes market-rate units; do not assume uniform rent or subsidy rules. The linked directory does not give 32 distinct detail pages or property-level unit totals. The source's “323-225 St. Paul Street” for one Lake Champlain Apartments entry is reversed and deliberately unpinned. Other market-rate detail pages for Maple Street Apartments and Bright Street provide no street number and are likewise unpinned. The address 65 Main Street, Suite 101 is the BHA OFFICE, not housing. BHA's “Other Housing” section https://burlingtonhousing.org/properties/properties-section.php?id=4 also names nine housing/referral leads without verified residence addresses: Sophie's Place: qualifying-agency referral or validated self-referral. Webster House: applicant must be homeless and have a qualifying-agency referral letter. 711 Riverside: Howard Center referral required. 693 Riverside: appears in Market Rate Units AND says Howard Center referral required; ask BHA to reconcile. Its name is not a verified residence entrance. Varney: transitional housing. Dettman Place: BHA works with the Department of Corrections on housing options. Elmwood Avenue: partnership with Howard Center. Dismas House: placement through a social-organization partnership; BHA links to Dismas of Vermont. Oxford House: placement through a social-organization partnership. These are NOT advertised as walk-in rental apartments or presumed to be owned by BHA; follow their specific referral routes. The DOC-affiliated Dettman Place is distinct from BHA's Offender Re-Entry Housing Program https://burlingtonhousing.org/housing-retention-and-services/services-section.php?id=5. That search/retention program is for people under Vermont DOC supervision returning to or living in Chittenden County, requires at least nine months of sentence remaining and an employment/SSI/subsidy plan; referrals are made by DOC staff, not direct walk-in applications. Its page lists (802) 557-7269 and pobering@burlingtonhousing.org for program questions. The program is NOT a blanket promise that any BHA property admits people with a conviction. On https://burlingtonhousing.org/available-rentals BHA currently displays only one posting: Duggan Row, 94–106 Maple Street, 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, $2,200/month, “Available: September 1, 2025” (https://burlingtonhousing.org/available-rentals/rental-page.php?id=4). That 2025 date is stale as of September 29, 2026; do NOT treat it as a presently vacant unit or the $2,200 as today's price. The property's Other Housing entry calls it market-rate, while this unit's posting says income-based; ask BHA to confirm how this unit is classified. The posting describes a second-floor unit, one parking space and an option to seek a city street permit; the application is at the BHA office or via its website. It has no published current vacancy confirmation. Applications: https://burlingtonhousing.org/rental-assistance/super-section.php?id=3 gives (802) 864-0538, 65 Main Street, Suite 101, Burlington VT 05401, Monday–Friday 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m.; download the preliminary application https://burlingtonhousing.org/uploads/files/1786474779_BHA-10001%20Preliminary%20Application%208-2026%20(Full).pdf, request one by phone, or pick one up in person. BHA asks applicants to return it in person for review where possible and bring Social Security cards/copies for every household member. BHA says its programs are not emergency housing, assistance waits may exceed five years and property waits may run two to four years; these are general estimates, not a current opening. Its preliminary application leads to a separate final suitability review including consent for criminal-record checks, not automatic acceptance of any conviction. Ask BHA about each site's current list and screening. WINOOSKI WHA EIGHT-SITE PROGRAM REVIEW — WHA https://www.winooskihousing.org/programs.aspx, reviewed September 29, 2026, describes 19 CHC-owned, WHA-managed Conger Avenue apartments in Burlington's Lakeside area. The source says affordable but NOT subsidized, lists parking, onsite laundry, 24-hour on-call maintenance and nearby park/bike path/lake, but gives no residential street number, bedroom mix, vacancy or site-specific intake/screening rule. Do not pin an unnumbered street or apply Winooski PBV/HCV policy to these Burlington rentals. Call WHA (802) 655-2360 for a current address, manager and terms. Other Burlington housing resources on this page remain independent.