In a state that prides itself on its compassion and mutual support, everyone should have a safe and secure place to live. The people of Vermont broadly agree that we need humane, long-term solutions to the state’s housing crisis—and continued funding for emergency housing in the meantime.
Closing off available beds in the state's emergency housing program and forcing people on to the street is a policy choice, not an inevitability. These policies directly harm vulnerable Vermonters who rely on the emergency housing program as a means of shelter, and it betrays our shared values of compassionate, responsive government and strong, supportive communities.
