MONTPELIER — The state is said to be open to buying a central Vermont motel to provide shelter for the unhoused, even as it winds down a pandemic-era program that
Vermonters face unprecedented pressures from lack of resources, and it also affects our legislators, according to your recent article. My suggestion is to go completely remote. When Rick DeAngeles, one of the directors of the good Samaritan Haven shelter in Barre, pleaded for the extension of the transitional housing program, Rep. AnnePugh D-South Burlington, outgoing chair of the House Human Services Committee, asked him to make recommendations as to how to “split the baby.” There’s my suggestion. Whatever housing allowance and meal allowance afforded to the Legislature could be moved to the transitional housing program. It appears the legislators receive
As Montpelier residents learned recently of the Vermont College of Fine Arts’ plan to sell most of its buildings, many wonder what will become of the campus on Seminary Hill.