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Parent group urges lawmakers to consider state properties for supported housing for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Summary
A parent representative told the Senate Institutions Committee that state‑owned buildings could be repurposed to create supported residential units for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, citing a 2023 need estimate of more than 600 people and recent Act 186 grant work.
A parent representative asked the Senate Committee on Institutions on May 13 to consider targeted reuse of underused state properties to create permanent supported housing for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Ellen Riley, who identified herself as a member of the Vermont Developmental Disabilities Housing Initiative and a parent representative on a 2023 Act 186 grant, described a long‑standing shortage of housing for Vermonters with intellectual and developmental…
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