Vermont Business Magazine The following statement can be attributed to Frank Knaack, executive director of the Housing & Homelessness Alliance of Vermont, regarding the vote by the House today on the Budget Adjustment Act to include funds to continue to house all cohorts currently housed under the General Assistance Emergency Housing program.
“With today's vote in the House, Vermont is one step closer to ensuring that people currently housed through its general assistance emergency housing program can maintain safe and secure housing. We commend the House for recognizing this looming crisis and urge the Senate and Governor to do the same. At the same time, without further action by the state, thousands of Vermonters are still at risk of losing their shelter in the coming months. We urge all of Vermont's political leaders to remember that building a safe and habitable short-term emergency housing system for all people experiencing homelessness will take time and commit to maintaining the funding necessary for the current program in the interim."
The Budget Adjustment Act will now move to the Senate.
About HHAV: Housing & Homelessness Alliance of Vermont (HHAV) represents a merger of the Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition and the Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness, two advocacy organizations with deep-rooted histories in Vermont. As a merged organization, HHAV unites the voices from the housing and homelessness fields and leverages the expertise of its 60+ member organizations to meet the needs of vulnerable Vermonters and advocate for effective policies to ensure that all people living in Vermont have safe, stable, affordable homes and if homelessness occurs, it is brief, rare, and non-recurring.
Source: 1.26.2024. Montpelier, VT - Housing & Homelessness Alliance of Vermont
