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Appropriations committee debriefs public hearing, flags homelessness and supportive-housing requests
Summary
Members of the House Appropriations Committee reviewed public testimony from a Jan. 21 hearing and discussed requests for emergency housing, supportive housing for adults with disabilities, and related budget-language and timing questions as they work to finish a budget adjustment by Friday.
The House Appropriations Committee on Jan. 28 reviewed public testimony from last week and spent the session identifying housing- and homelessness-related requests the committee may need to acknowledge in the current budget adjustment.
Committee members said several categories of housing assistance recurred in testimony, including emergency shelter/motel funding for people who are unhoused, an ongoing set of three pilot projects to develop permanent supportive housing for adults with disabilities, and requests tied to Vermont Housing Conservation Board (VHCB) grants. “When…
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