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New Alliance director urges base funding for VHCB, VHIP, and voucher protections
Summary
New Housing & Homelessness Alliance director Chad Simmons told the committee the alliance supports continued investment in VHCB, VHIP, rental vouchers and services to prevent and end homelessness, and flagged interest in tenant representation and anti‑criminalization measures.
Chad Simmons, on his fourth day as executive director of the Housing & Homelessness Alliance of Vermont, told the Committee on General & Housing that the Alliance will press this session for sustained investments across three pillars: capital for housing development, rental assistance (vouchers) and services to keep people housed.
"The balance of state continuum of care is a significant part of our housing continuum," Simmons said, describing the Alliance's HUD‑designated role in coordinating Continuum of Care funding and local housing coalitions. He…
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