Archived Video: Press Conference - End Homelessness Vermont (9/25/2024)
Media Advisory: Press Conference on Loss of Emergency Shelter for Hundreds of Vermont Households
Contacts:
Frank Knaack [...]
Brenda Siegel, [...], 410 227 3173
Lawmakers, Housing, Homelessness, Disability Organizations Raise Alarm about Loss of Emergency Shelter for Hundreds of Vermont Households
Montpelier, VT – On Wednesday, September 25 lawmakers and representatives from Vermont housing and homelessness organizations will discuss how the implementation night and hotel caps within the General Assistance Emergency Housing Program have and will continue to result in the loss of emergency shelter for hundreds of Vermont’s most vulnerable households. Organizations will also make specific policy recommendations to mitigate this crisis.
What: Press Conference on Loss of Emergency Shelter for Hundreds of Vermont Households
Who: Shelby Lebarron, GA Emergency Housing Task Force Member (representative of people with lived experience)
Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, City of Burlington, VT
Brenda Siegel, End Homelessness Vermont
Frank Knaack, Housing and Homeless Alliance of Vermont (HHAV)
Julie Bond, Good Samaritan Haven
Additional speakers to follow
When: Wednesday, September 25 11:30 AM
Where: Vermont State House Steps, Vermont State House, Montpelier, VT
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The Housing and Homelessness Alliance of Vermont (HHAV), a merger of the Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness and the Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition, unites the voices from the housing and homelessness fields and leverages the expertise of its over 60 member organizations to work toward a future in which all people living in Vermont have safe, stable, affordable homes and if homelessness occurs, it is brief, rare, and non-recurring. This includes the full spectrum of the affordable housing landscape, from rentals to homeownership, from shelter to subsidies and services, from new development to sustaining existing housing, and so much more. For more information on HHAV, visit www.hhav.org.
End Homelessness Vermont lived experience led, trauma informed End Homelessness Vermont is a Lived Experience Expert led organization that works toward the goal of ending poverty and disability discrimination and homelessness in Vermont. We provide a data-driven safety net to the safety net that is trauma-informed and rooted in compassion, empathy and Housing First principles.
For more information visit www.endhomelessnessvt.org
- End Homelessness Vermont;
- Housing & Homelessness Alliance of Vermont;
- Homeless Shelters, Emergency Housing and Help for People Who Are Homeless (via VT Law Help);
Know Your Rights - Unsheltered in Vermont (via ACLU - VT; dated: 6/20/2023);
Vermont Advocacy Resource Toolkit (speak out and make your voice heard).
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