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House advances bill to create permanent emergency temporary shelter program and advisory structure
Summary
H.879 would replace the ad-hoc General Assistance emergency housing rules with a codified Emergency Temporary Shelter Program in 33 V.S.A. chapter 22, create advisory and task-force structures and tie eligibility and maximum shelter days to vacancy rates; the House adopted a clarifying amendment and ordered third reading.
The House took up H.879, an act to create an Emergency Temporary Shelter Program and to codify rules and advisory structures for emergency shelter services. Committee sponsors said the bill replaces a long-standing patchwork of general-assistance rules with a consistent statutory program designed to increase predictability, center housing-first principles and improve service access for Vermonters experiencing homelessness.
Key elements the committee described on the…
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