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House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
AGENDA
Via Zoom
May 4, 2021 - May 7, 2021
Last Updated 5/6/2021 4:32 PM
Meetings will be livestreamed here unless otherwise noted
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
10:00 AM House Floor
12:00 PM Lunch and Caucuses
2:00 PM S. 79 - An act relating to improving rental housing health and safety
Mark-up and possible vote
David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Shaun Gilpin, Housing Program Administrator, Department of Housing and Community Development
Sarah Carpenter, Chair, Rental Housing Advisory Board
Wendy Morgan, MPH, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
- Adjourn
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
9:30 AM Rights and Democracy Vermont (RADVT)
Thirty-minute presentation to committee
Kate Logan, Director of Programming and Policy, Rights and Democracy Vermont
Lindsey Brand, Member, RADVT, Waterbury
Angela Lawrence, Member, RADVT, Brattleboro
Zach Scheffler, Member, RADVT, St. Albans
Tina Cook, Member, RADVT, Bennington
- S. 79 - An act relating to improving rental housing health and safety
Mark-up and possible vote
Jean Murray, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
Angela Zaikowski, Director, Vermont Apartment Owners Association, LLC
11:45 AM Break
1:15 PM House Floor
15 min after Floor S. 79 - An act relating to improving rental housing health and safety
Mark-up and possible vote - as time allows.
David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Wendy Morgan, MPH, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
Jean Murray, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
Sarah Carpenter, Chair, Rental Housing Advisory Board
- Adjourn
Thursday, May 6, 2021
9:00 AM Housing Recovery Working Group
Budget recommendations
Josh Hanford, Commissioner, Department of Housing and Community Development
Sarah Phillips, Office of Economic Opportunity, Department for Children and Families
Maura Collins, Executive Director, Vermont Housing Finance Agency
Jennifer Hollar, Director of Policy and Special Projects, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
10:30 AM Housing 101
Presentation on a variety of housing solutions in the State
Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
Tony Pickett, Executive Director, Grounded Solutions Network
Nancy Owens, Co-President, Evernorth (formerly Housing Vermont)
Chris Donnelly, Director of Community Relations, Champlain Housing Trust
11:45 AM Break
1:15 PM House Floor
15 mins after Floor S. 79 - An act relating to improving rental housing health and safety
Mark-up and possible vote
David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Wendy Morgan, MPH, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
Jean Murray, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
Angela Zaikowski, Director, Vermont Apartment Owners Association, LLC
- Adjourn
Friday, May 7, 2021
9:30 AM House Floor
1:00 PM S. 78 - An act relating to binding interest arbitration for employees of the Vermont Judiciary
Committee discussion
Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
2:15 PM H. 313 - An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to alcoholic beverage laws
Update and possible amendments
Rep. Matthew Birong, Reporter, House Committee on General, Housing & Military Affairs
Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Adjourn
ATTENTION WITNESSES
Please email handouts to the committee assistant at least 24 hours before 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
Ron Wild at rwild@leg.state.vt.us