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Bill to provide prefab housing for homeless veterans draws support and agency caveat
Summary
Representative O'Day and veteran-support groups urged HB 5410 to fund prefabricated housing units for homeless veterans; the Department of Veterans' Affairs said it could not support the program without budgeted resources, while noting capacity improvements at the Rocky Hill campus.
The committee heard competing perspectives on HB 5410, a proposal to provide temporary (or potentially longer-term) prefabricated housing for homeless veterans.
Deputy Commissioner John Carriger told the committee the agency cannot support HB 5410 as introduced because the program was not included in the governor's budget. He described existing residential capacity at the Rocky Hill…
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