Lawmakers debate separate universal-design study, push to codify accessible housing standards (H.479)
Representative Elizabeth Burrows and housing officials asked the committee to create a standalone universal-design study to define state accessibility standards for housing; witnesses and some senators urged separate committees for architectural standards and services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Representative Elizabeth Burrows (chief author of section 4 of H.479) told the Senate committee on May 6 that Vermont lacks a statutorily defined set of universal-design features for housing and asked lawmakers to create a study committee to recommend statewide standards.
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