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What can Vermont control around evictions, mortgages and COVID-19?

April 1, 2020: It might be April Fools' Day, but the economic impacts on people's lives from COVID-19 are no joke. Especially for people worried about paying their rent or their mortgage. In this episode, Emilie and Olga discuss supports in place to help people and who to call if they need help. Emilie also outlines efforts to bring additional supports and funding to Vermont.

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About the Podcast

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The Montpelier Happy Hour
A show about how things in the State House shake out for the rest of us

About your hosts

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Olga Peters

Producer and host Olga is a journalist by day and a screenwriter by night. On the Montpelier Happy Hour she combines a newshound's doggedness with a fiction writer's sense of "what if...".
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Emilie Kornheiser

Regular contributor Emilie Kornheiser represents Windham District 2-1 in the Vermont House of Representatives (that’s Brattleboro.) She always appreciates an opportunity to unpack the stories that drive us and hopes her gravestone will read “she asked good questions.” You can find more about her and her work in the legislature at emiliekornheiser.org.