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Providers urge town to support Cortina clients as 80‑day voucher deadline nears
Summary
At the July 30 Rutland Select Board meeting, hotel staff and Brenda Siegel of End Homelessness Vermont updated the board on efforts to register vehicles, remove abandoned autos and prepare for the end of 80‑day vouchers in mid‑September; local providers urged contract changes to retain a key hotel staffer who helps clients with documentation.
Hotel staff and a statewide homelessness advocate told the Rutland Select Board on July 30 that local providers are scrambling to prepare residents at the Cortina hotel for the end of state‑funded hotel vouchers this fall.
Dhruv Kumar (identified in the public comment as Mr. Kumar) told the board he and colleagues have been working since earlier this year to identify and remove abandoned or unregistered vehicles from the hotel property, and said the previously reported figure of 24 unregistered vehicles overstated the current count. “When he came by the property, he just started taking photos and people were panicking,” Kumar said, adding that the number is closer to 12–13 and that four or five…
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