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Vermont has created a statewide library of pre-approved housing designs that builders can use without going through individual municipal design reviews, covering a range of home types for a neighborhood's worth of construction. The initiative builds on a trend among local governments nationwide of preapproving home plans to speed up permitting.
In fiscal year 2022, the federal government distributed $1.26 trillion to state and local governments, mostly through grant programs. States then passed along $662 billion to local governments, while nonprofits separately received $294 billion in government grants that year.
Local governments across the US have filed objections to an FCC proposal that would impose a 120-day deadline on broadband permit approvals and limit fees they can charge providers. The FCC argues that local rules delay deployment and inflate costs, a position backed by broadband providers, while cities counter that the plan would undermine public safety oversight and exceeds federal authority. Groups including the League of California Cities and Minnesota municipalities say Congress never granted the FCC this preemptive power.