Episode 39

The state of emergency housing after the end of the state's emergency order

September 24, 2021 (prerecorded 9/23): During the height of the COVID pandemic last year, Vermont issued a state of emergency. This order opened doors for a multitude of housing protections such as the General Assistance Program that housed people in hotels.

Now that the state of emergency has ended - but the pandemic has not - what does this mean for vulnerable people experiencing homelessness? Jessica Radbord and Mairead C. O'Reilly from Vermont Legal Aid, and Josh Davis from Groundworks join this week's episode. 

For more information:

Groundworks Collaborative: https://groundworksvt.org

Vermont Legal Aid - https://www.vtlegalaid.org

Theme music by: Red Heart the Ticker - http://rhtt.net

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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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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.