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Committee schedules testimony on one‑time appropriation to shore up Section 8 voucher share
Summary
The committee scheduled a 9 AM hearing for the next morning to take testimony on a proposed one‑time appropriation through the Budget Adjustment Act intended to stabilize Vermont’s Section 8 voucher share; witnesses invited include Kathleen Burke and municipal housing authority directors Joe Troiano and Kevin Loso.
Committee leadership announced an urgent proposal to seek a one‑time appropriation through the Budget Adjustment Act to shore up Vermont’s Section 8 voucher allocation and thereby increase the state’s share in future HUD funding calculations. The chair said the appropriation is intended as a technical cash injection to boost Vermont’s share when HUD determines allocations next calendar year rather than as recurring funding.
To inform the Appropriations Committee, the General & Housing Committee scheduled a brief hearing at 9 AM the next morning and asked three witnesses to testify briefly and focus on the specific issue: Kathleen Burke (who the chair said knows the program well), Joe Troiano, executive director of the Montpelier Housing Authority, and Kevin Loso, executive director of the Rutland Housing Authority. Committee members asked how any unused funds would be handled and requested concise testimony limited to the appropriation’s purpose and projected effect on Vermont’s HUD share.
The chair said he would draft a letter of support to the Appropriations Committee for the Budget Adjustment Act and asked members to attend the 9 AM hearing. The committee did not take a vote on the appropriation at the Jan. 14 meeting; the hearing the next morning will provide the committee with testimony to inform any request to Appropriations.
