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Senate committee of conference presents H.91 to integrate emergency housing programs; vote deferred after questions
Summary
The committee of conference presented H.91 to the Vermont Senate, proposing to integrate General Assistance emergency housing with the Housing Opportunity Program into a single statewide program designed to reduce reliance on hotels and motels and move households toward permanent housing.
The committee of conference on H.91 presented a negotiated report to the Vermont Senate proposing to integrate the state's General Assistance emergency housing program and the Housing Opportunity Program (HOP) into a new Vermont Homeless Emergency Assistance and Responsive Transition to Housing program.
Senator from Chittenden Southeast, presenting the conference report, said the measure aims to reduce reliance on hotel and motel placements and to transition toward greater shelter capacity and permanent housing. Key negotiated changes accepted in conference include a shortened integration timeline (moving some integration milestones from 2028 to 2027 subject to compromise), addition of findings about homelessness data, expanded legislative…
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