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Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
AGENDA
Via Zoom
January 19, 2021 - January 22, 2021
Last Updated 1/22/2021 10:04 AM
Meetings are livestreamed here unless otherwise noted.
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
- No Committee Meeting Scheduled
9:30 AM Senate Floor
10:00 AM Implicit Bias Prevention Training
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
8:30 AM Housing Update and Future Proposals
Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
Jennifer Hollar, Director of Policy and Special Projects, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
9:35 AM 10 Minute Break
9:45 AM Same as Above
Richard Williams, Executive Director, Vermont State Housing Authority
Kathleen Berk, Director of Housing Programs, Vermont State Housing Authority
Jean Murray, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
Angela Zaikowski , Director, Vermont Apartment Owners Association, LLC
10:50 AM 10 Minute Break
11:00 AM Same as Above
Maura Collins, Executive Director, Vermont Housing Finance Agency
Chad Simmons, Housing Policy and Engagement Specialist, Vermont Housing Finance Agency
11:15 AM S. 14 - An act relating to deed restrictions and housing density
Possible Vote
Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Thursday, January 21, 2021
8:30 AM Unemployment Insurance
Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
9:20 AM S. 10 - An act relating to extending certain unemployment insurance provisions related to COVID-19
Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Michael Harrington, Commissioner, Department of Labor
Cameron Wood, Director, Unemployment Insurance Division, Department of Labor
Bill Driscoll, Vice President, Associated Industries of Vermont
David Mickenberg, Lobbyist, Working Vermont
9:45 AM 10 Minute Break
9:55 AM Same as Above
10:55 AM 10 Minute Break
11:05 AM Microbusinness Update
Sue Minter, Executive Director, Capstone Community Action
Tyler Jokinen, Micro-business Counselor, Bennington-Rutland Community Action
Friday, January 22, 2021
8:30 AM Priorities Discussion
9:00 AM Homelessness
Erhard Mahnke, Coordinator, Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition
Elizabeth Ready, Chief Financial Officer, John Graham Housing and Services, Vergennes
9:40 AM 10 Minute Break
9:50 AM Same as Above
10:30 AM 10 Minute Break
10:40 AM Housing Update and Future Proposals
Josh Hanford, Commissioner, Department of Housing and Community Development
Shaun Gilpin, Housing Program Administrator, Department of Housing and Community Development
ATTENTION WITNESSES
Please email handouts to the committee assistant by 7:00am on the day of your scheduled meeting time. With few exceptions, any documents you send to a committee assistant, are open to the public and may be posted to the committee’s web page.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact
Nathan Raike at nraike@leg.state.vt.us