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Land Access Opportunity Board presents priorities, asks for cannabis excise reinvestment and base funding
Summary
The Land Access Opportunity Board (LAOB) briefed the Senate Appropriations Committee on its first year of work, requested sustained base funding included in the House budget and proposed dedicating a share of cannabis excise revenue for community reinvestment to expand down-payment assistance, developer capital and community programs.
Cornelia Matas Tierra and Jean Hamilton, co‑directors of the Land Access Opportunity Board, presented to the Senate Appropriations Committee on April 2 and described the board’s mission and first-year activities, asked the legislature to sustain base funding and outlined how additional dedicated revenue could expand housing access for historically marginalized Vermonters.
Matas Tierra introduced the board’s founding purpose: LAOB was created in 2022 to address disparities in land and homeownership for groups historically marginalized in Vermont, including low-income Vermonters, people with developmental and intellectual disabilities, LGBTQIA Vermonters, immigrants and Vermonters of color. Jean Hamilton described the board’s structure, noting that…
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