We need to remember that which is too often forgotten—that just throwing money at a problem has never solved the problem it was intended to solve and has often created new and unforeseen problems.
UPDATE: Spray painting at lawmaker’s residence says, “It must be nice to have a home”
A South Burlington lawmaker appears to have been targeted with spray-paint vandalism for not doing more for the homeless.
700 households forced to leave homeless hotels
On Checkout Day, as with any other long-ignored day of reckoning, the fear and heartbreak were all too real.
House Speaker urges another State of Emergency after Scott vetoes budget
Suddenly both Scott and the Democratic leaders of the Legislature were fighting to be seen by the ‘Gang of 17’ as champions of beneficiaries of a program they were responsible for defunding.
Baker: Something for nothing dehumanizes homeless people
When you give something to people and require no payback of any sort, you dehumanize them. You create an imbalanced relationship. People must have a measure of responsibility and investment in their own lives.
Help for homeless will have recipient requirements, Scott administration says
Gov. Scott outlines a path forward from the ‘homeless hotel’ era.
Krowinski sends budget without ‘homeless hotel’ $$ to Scott, blames him for failing to plan
It’s not the Legislature’s fault that the homeless hotel program is ending without a transition plan. Just ask the Speaker of the House.
Bossange: Need for 40,000 new homes a myth
The real danger here is that the “24,000 job vacancy” myth feeds the “40,000 new homes needed” myth, creating a false sense of urgency.
California mayor says he has the solution for homelessness
Maybe this California mayor’s “accept help or get cited” approach would work in Vermont. Maybe it wouldn’t. The question is: what local or state government strategy WOULD work?
Homeless hotel funding to end, barring last-minute decision in Legislature
A State of Vermont letter went out to ‘homeless hotel’ residents on May 2, warning most of them to be out by the end of the month. The rest will have until the end of June.
