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Witness urges statewide rental‑voucher pool and 25 state vouchers to jumpstart service‑supported housing for Vermonters with disabilities
Summary
Susan Aronoff of the Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council told the House General & Housing Committee that focused investments and a new statewide pool of temporary state‑funded rental vouchers — plus at least 25 state vouchers this session — are needed to build service‑supported housing for about 3,400 Vermonters in the council's target population.
Susan Aronoff, senior interim policy analyst for the Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council, told the House General & Housing Committee on Jan. 9 that the council's Road Home report highlights a pressing shortfall of service‑supported housing and recommends a set of steps to close it.
Aronoff said the council represents roughly 3,400 Vermonters who receive developmental disability services and that current housing arrangements are strained: about 39% live with shared‑living providers and another 39% live with family, roughly 1,300 people in each category. "We're looking to develop 600 units of housing," Aronoff said, framing that target as a way to relieve pressure on families and shared‑living systems.
The council credited recent successes to focused attention and targeted funding. Aronoff pointed to inclusion of people with disabilities in the Vermont Housing Investment Program (VHIP) and the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board's (VHCB) priorities, which produced pilot projects and left at least three more…
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