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Vermont community action agencies ask House committee to fund housing prevention, case management
Summary
Representatives of Vermont's community action agencies told the House General & Housing Committee on Jan. 24 that they need increased Housing Opportunity Grant funding and sustained support for case managers to prevent homelessness and keep people housed.
Representatives of Vermont's community action agencies told the House General & Housing Committee on Jan. 24 that they are asking legislators to increase funding for housing prevention programs and to sustain case-management positions that help keep people housed.
The request centers on a planned increase to the Housing Opportunity Grant (HOP) for fiscal 2026 and on moving Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP)-funded case-management positions into the base budget. "We're coming here today to, talk specifically about, $14,550,000 housing opportunities, grant to the BCAP members for the fiscal year 2026," said Casey Winterson, director of economic and community-based services at Northeast Kingdom Community Action.
Winterson said the requested increase is intended to expand rapid rehousing, direct financial assistance to landlords and tenants, and vouchers. She described the work as prevention-focused: "the goal of our housing prevention is to stop the homelessness report even happens," and…
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