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Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity urges stronger landlord education, tenant outreach
Summary
CVOEO’s Fair Housing Project described counseling, training and a tenants’ hotline that counsel vulnerable Vermonters, and recommended requiring fair-housing education for providers receiving state funds and removing barriers to affordable housing development.
The Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO) told the Senate committee that education and outreach are key to reducing housing discrimination and that the agency’s Fair Housing Project fields thousands of housing-related contacts annually.
Kalia (last name not provided), Fair Housing Project education and outreach coordinator at CVOEO, said the agency is one of five community action agencies in Vermont and serves about 10,000 households and 20,000 individuals annually across its northern service region. CVOEO operates a Vermont tenants hotline and a…
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