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Vermont Human Rights Commission warns $187,000 HUD payment is unpaid, asks Legislature for stopgap budget and staff
Summary
The Vermont Human Rights Commission told the House Judiciary Committee that HUD has not yet paid $187,000 owed for FY25 casework, prompting a request for a $25,000 FY26 budget adjustment and relief from a $65,000 vacancy-savings requirement while the commission seeks three new positions to handle rising caseloads.
Vague Hartman, executive director and general counsel of the Vermont Human Rights Commission, told the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that the commission has been notified it earned $187,000 from HUD for fiscal year 2025 but has not received the drawdown voucher or payment.
"This year, they did tell us that we earned, a $187,000 for all of the case work that we did in fiscal year 25," Hartman said, adding the commission typically receives HUD funds as a per-case drawdown that historically helped pay for fair-housing investigations.
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