Stephen Box and his family moved to Rutland VT from Los Angeles. Like many others they left the city during covid to seek their fortunes in rural America. Stephen is an accidental activist.  He doesn’t take no for an answer.  As founder of Partners in Housing, as columnist in the Mountain Times and a Rutland Houser Stephen looms large over a community of dedicated small-scale landlords serving their city.  When he connected with developer Scott Graves in 2024, a match made in heaven was forged. Enter Mike Waugh, technologist and sometime contractor working on a platform solution for helping small-scale housers to scale.  

They are the Housers and they are bringing together Housers, Wrappers and Supporters to make this corner of Vermont a home for more of their working class neighbors. In partnership with the Mountain Times.  Find MT real estate special here.