Forget Zillow. Vermonters are fighting the housing crisis with catalogs

To cut down on construction approval time, local governments are preapproving home designs. In Vermont, they’re taking it statewide.

[Image: Vermont 802 Homes]

One state is preapproving a whole neighborhood’s worth of home designs in advance, and it’s a step that a growing number of local governments across the U.S. are taking to build more homes—and fast.

In Vermont, state officials are preparing a 10-home catalog called 802 Homes that’s named after the state’s sole area code and is expected to be released early next year. Once it’s out, the catalog’s blueprints will be free to use for home builders and developers, and since those designs have........

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