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Vermont wildfire home hardening grants & rebates

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Downtown and Village Center Program tax credits — flood mitigation credit
Vermont Downtown and Village Center Tax Credit Program State Board
50% of qualified costs, up to $100,000.
Vermont offers a state tax credit for qualified flood mitigation projects: 50% of qualified expenditures up to $100,000. This is a state tax incentive, but it is tied to the Downtown and Village Center Program rather than a general homeowner rebate.
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Vermont Downtown and Village Center Tax Credit Program - Flood Mitigation Tax Credit
Vermont Department of Housing and Community Development / State Board
50% of qualified expenditures, up to $100,000
Vermont offers a state tax credit for qualified flood mitigation projects. The credit is 50% of qualified expenditures, up to $100,000.
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Downtown and Village Center Program tax credits — code improvement credit for sprinkler systems
Vermont Downtown and Village Center Tax Credit Program State Board
50% of qualified costs, up to $50,000 for a sprinkler system.
Vermont offers a state tax credit for approved code-improvement projects, including up to $50,000 for installing or improving a sprinkler system. This is limited to qualified applicants in the Downtown and Village Center Program.
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Home Weatherization Assistance Program / State Home Weatherization Assistance Program
State Office of Economic Opportunity
Up to an average of $15,300 per unit; multifamily average up to $4,500 per unit
Vermont’s state weatherization program provides free home energy-efficiency upgrades, with enhanced state assistance that can average up to $15,300 per unit. It is run by the State Office of Economic Opportunity and supplements the federal weatherization program.
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Home Weatherization Assistance Program (State Weatherization Assistance Program supplement)
State Office of Economic Opportunity, Department for Children and Families
Up to an average of $15,300 per unit; multifamily average $4,500 per unit.
Vermont’s state weatherization program pays for low-income homeowners to make homes safer and more energy efficient, with state funding that can average up to $15,300 per unit. The statute does not list wildfire-specific measures, but weatherization work commonly overlaps with home hardening through repair and envelope improvements.
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Home Weatherization Assistance Program (State supplement)
Vermont State Office of Economic Opportunity
Up to an average of $15,300 per unit; $4,500 per multifamily unit on average
Vermont supplements the federal Home Weatherization Assistance Program and can provide up to an average of $15,300 per unit for eligible weatherization work. It is aimed at reducing energy loss rather than disaster hardening, but it can still support some resilience-related envelope improvements.
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Insurance discrimination and rebates prohibition
Vermont Legislature
No program benefit amount stated; this is a prohibition on rebates and discriminatory pricing.
Vermont law prohibits fire and casualty insurers from giving premium rebates, special favors, or other unlisted inducements to select insureds. This is an insurance rule, but it does not create a homeowner hardening discount program.
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Homeowner Assistance Program / Homeowner rebate / Homeowner relief-related tax credit and rebate
Vermont Department of Taxes
Homestead property tax credit / refund allocation; amount not stated in this excerpt
Vermont’s homestead property tax system gives eligible homeowners a state tax benefit tied to their homestead. The statute sets filing rules and references the homestead property tax credit and allocation of an income tax refund to homestead property tax payment.
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Vermont Flood Mitigation Tax Credit under the New Construction or Rehabilitation in Flood-Impacted Communities subchapter
Vermont Department of Taxes / State Board
Vermont’s flood-impacted communities tax credit includes a flood mitigation credit for qualifying improvements. The statute page confirms the credit exists, but the detailed amount and rules are not fully visible on the page reviewed.
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Community Resilience and Disaster Mitigation Grant Program
Vermont Department of Public Safety, Vermont Emergency Management
Vermont runs a municipal grant program for disaster mitigation, adaptation, and repair. The statute is statewide, but the money goes to covered municipalities rather than directly to homeowners.
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