House Committee on General and Housing (Room 31)

Thursday, January 18, 2024

9:15 AM

Homelessness Awareness Day

Joint hearing with the House Committee on General and Housing Affairs and the House Committee on Human Services. The hearing will be held in Room 267 of the Pavilion Building and will be livestreamed here:

• Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
• Kenneth Russell, Executive Director, Another Way Inc.
• Jess Graff, Director, Franklin-Grand Isle Community Action
• John Medeiros, Veteran with Lived Experience
• Katherine Frazine, Person with Lived Experience
• Rhubes Gould, Person with Lived Experience
• Bryan Plant, Tenant, Lived Experience
• Caprice Hover, Vermont State Housing Authority
• Daniel Blankenship, Vermont State Housing Authority
• Lily Sojourner, Interim Director, Department for Children and Families/Economic Services Division
• Miranda Gray, Deputy Commissioner, Economic Services Division, Department for Children and Families

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:15 PM

H.363 - An act relating to prohibiting discrimination based on certain hair types and styles

• Austin Davis, Director, Government Affairs, Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce
• Betsy Bishop, President, Vermont Chamber of Commerce
• Amanda Garces, Director of Policy, Education and Outreach, Vermont Human Rights Commission
• Julio Thompson, Director, Civil Rights Unit, Office of the Attorney General

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H.647 - An act relating to creation of the Housing Board of Appeals

• Representative Thomas Stevens, Sponsor
• Alex Farrell, Commissioner, Department of Housing & Community Development
• Judge Judge Thomas Zonay, Chief Superior Judge, Vermont Judiciary
• Ben Frost, Deputy Executive Director, New Hampshire Housing
• Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

3:00 PM

House Floor

Following the Floor

H.297 - An act relating to providing workers’ compensation coverage for post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by certain State employees

• Thomas Abdelnour, Legislative Coordinator, Vermont State Employees Association

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Adjourn