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Photo: Person living unhoused outdoors resting on a bench in Montpelier, the capital city of Vermont (photo shared with the direct consent of the person pictured; image credit: Morgan W. Brown). (*since edited for the purposes of clarification and readability*) An Open Letter to Governor Scott  Regarding Homelessness Dear Governor Scott, State of Vermont It boggles the mind how your administration can be so deliberately indifferent and uncaring when it comes to those who are being or already have been evicted from the Vermont Hotel/Motel Program without those persons having anywhere else safe and secure to go inside, day or night. The rationale used by your administration for not allowing everyone to stay in the program who are currently eligible as well as clearly in need and most vulnerable does not wash, nor does it pass the straight face test, either. The fact is that it actually costs much more in terms of fiscal (read: funding), human, medical and other social related matters...

Archived Video: Vermont Interfaith Action: 2024 Vermont Gubernatorial Conversation with Candidates: Check out the Vermont Interfaith Action Website to learn more about their organization as well as their tireless efforts and work on behalf of citizens and communities across the state. List of candidates running for the office of Governor of Vermont in the 2024 general election (via Ballotpedia), here .

Archived Video: Press Conference - End Homelessness Vermont: Loss of Emergency Shelter for Hundreds of Vermont Households (via ORCA Media, via YouTube; Length: 47:08 minutes/seconds):   Related Press Release : 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...

Howard Dean (2024): I Have a Scream Speech:   ... I'm sure there are some disappointed people here, disappointed in the current state of affairs in how the State of Vermont is currently being run. You know what? You know something? You know something? If you had told us two years ago that in 2024 we were going to consider running for Governor of Vermont again, we would have said, “hell, no!”. And you know something? You know something? Not only are we going to run for Governor of Vermont in 2024, we are going to win in Chittenden County ... we're going to win Washington County and Windham County and Windsor County and Rutland County and Bennington County, and we're going to win in Caledonia County and Orleans County and Addison County. And we're going to win in Lamoille County and Orange County and Franklin County and Essex County. And then we're going to Montpelier to take back the Governor’s Office. Yeah! We will not give up. We will not give up Vermont. We will n...