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Senate Health & Welfare reviews S.157's rule allowing certified recovery residences to immediately remove residents who violate program rules
Summary
Testifying before the Senate Health & Welfare Committee, legislative counsel explained that existing statutory exclusions allow certified recovery residences to bypass certain landlord-tenant notice and eviction timelines if a resident signs and reaffirms a written exit/transfer policy; the committee raised concerns about contingency housing and enforcement.
Cameron Wood of the Office of Legislative Council told the Senate Health & Welfare Committee on Feb. 4 that Title 9, Chapter 137 (residential rental agreements) already contains narrow exclusions that, when conditions are met, allow certified recovery residences to immediately exit or transfer residents who violate program rules.
Wood, who advised the committee on S.157 and related renter-rights provisions, said the exclusion in subdivision (b) applies only if the recovery residence adopts a written exit-and-transfer policy approved by the Vermont Alliance for Recovery Residences or another certifier approved by the Department of Health, obtains the resident's written consent (reaffirmed after seven days), and provides for contingency housing and the retention of a resident's possessions for not less than 60 days on permanent removal. "If they have all of this information, and the…
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