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Human Rights Commission tells Appropriations it needs more investigators to address intake backlog
Summary
The Vermont Human Rights Commission told the House Appropriations Committee it has reduced average case age but still faces an intake backlog and requests additional investigator positions in its FY27 budget to handle more fair‑housing and public‑accommodations complaints amid declining federal and legal‑aid referrals.
Big Hartman, Executive Director and General Counsel of the Vermont Human Rights Commission, told the House Appropriations Committee on Feb. 5 that the agency is asking for additional investigator positions in its fiscal year 2027 budget to address an intake backlog and growing casework.
Hartman said the commission — an independent state commission tasked with enforcing the Vermont Fair Housing and Public Accommodations Act and handling state‑employee discrimination complaints — has grown to nine full‑time exempt employees after two positions were added last year. He credited a new case‑management system and streamlining of investigative reports for reducing the average age of closed investigations from about 649 days to roughly one…
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