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Senate panel reviews proposal to extend adverse‑weather emergency housing through June 30; $1.8M in BAA proposed
Summary
The Senate Committee on Health & Welfare heard Feb. 13 testimony on a House Budget Adjustment Act proposal to extend the adverse‑weather emergency housing period through June 30, a change estimated to cost roughly $1.8 million for the remainder of the fiscal year.
The Senate Committee on Health & Welfare heard Feb. 13 testimony on a House Budget Adjustment Act provision that would extend Vermonts adverse‑weather emergency housing period through June 30 and remove the post‑April room cap, enabling continued use of motels when no shelter spaces exist.
Lorraine Grama, deputy commissioner of the Economic Services Division at the Department for Children and Families (DCF), explained that extending the cold‑weather period would pause accrual toward the 80‑day motel limit used this fiscal year and likely allow households currently in motels to remain housed through June 30 if shelter space is unavailable. Committee counsel and fiscal staff said the proposal in…
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