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Vermont Senator Proposes Annual Tax on Vacant Homes to Address Housing Crisis
In a letter to VTDigger, Senator Kesha Ram Hinsdale has proposed expanding Vermont’s property transfer tax surcharge on second homes into an annual vacancy tax, arguing that the...
Learn More →Kesha Ram Hinsdale: The tax Vermonters have never heard of
"Vermont is in the middle of a deep affordability crisis, and most people assume the solutions must be complicated, slow, or politically impossible. But one of the most effective...
Learn More →Vermont lawmakers seek to put voting protections in state law
Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale, D–Shelburne, echoed that concern, saying, “Not in the last 60 years has the right to vote been so under threat and under attack.”
Learn More →Advocates and legislators celebrate five years of Universal School Meals
“I can no longer imagine a Vermont where we made eight-year-olds navigate lunch payment, we families carried a debt to feed their kids, and our food systems were missing this...
Learn More →State Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale remembers Minn. lawmaker Melissa Hortman
Vermont state lawmakers are considering ways to increase safety in the wake of the murder of a Minnesota state representative and her husband—Vermont state sen. Kesha Ram...
Learn More →Lawmakers Strike Deal on Huge Housing Infrastructure Bill
"Some housing advocates felt Ram Hinsdale was right to push back forcefully to make sure the House moved away from a pointless limit on a program that could be transformative for...
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