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Cathedral Square describes HIP incentive program aimed at preventing eviction among formerly homeless residents

Vermont House committee (joint testimony on H 5 94) · January 31, 2026
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Summary

Cathedral Square’s CEO described HIP, a housing incentive program integrated with SASH services that offers monthly incentives and savings matches to recently housed people; early results show eviction notices resolved and expansion plans.

Kim Fitzgerald, CEO of Cathedral Square, described the nonprofit’s Housing Incentive Program (HIP) to the committee, presenting HIP as a locally driven, person-centered model that pairs monthly incentives with SASH (Support and Services at Home) care coordination and embedded mental-health clinicians.

HIP eligibility is voluntary and limited to people who moved in from homelessness. Participants choose items from a menu of supportive activities (for example attending…

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