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The Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity will lose significant federal funding for a project that helps thousands of Vermonters statewide facing housing discrimination cases.
“This really important housing justice work that we do will continue in some way, but the funding cut is going to limit our ability to serve people at a time when the need is just increasing,” said Jess Hyman, The Associate Director of Statewide Housing Advocacy Programs at CVOEO.
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As the Trump Administration continues to slash federal funding, the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity’s Fair Housing Project has also taken a hit. CVOEO says an annual grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development typically funds 80% of their fair housing work. Still, the department recently ended its financial support of efforts to fight housing discrimination and enforce fair housing laws.
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The Vermont Fair Housing Project is one of the most recent organizations to feel the impact of the ongoing series of federal funding cuts.
The Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO) runs the project to support fair housing practices, educate people about housing rights, and provide training to community leaders.
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As February came to a close, so did the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD)support for anti-discrimination and fair housing education and enforcement efforts around the country, including Vermont’s own CVOEO Fair Housing Project. HUD’s annual grant funded 80% of the Fair Housing Project, which is Vermont’s only statewide program solely dedicated to Fair Housing outreach and education.
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Burlington will open an emergency shelter this President's Day weekend as a widespread winter storm looks to bring dangerously cold conditions to the area.
The emergency shelter will be at the Miller Center at 130 Gosse Court and will be open from Monday evening at 5 p.m. to Tuesday at 8 a.m.
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Every year, 500 new people use services to help them through incidents of domestic and sexual violence in Franklin and Grand Isle counties. However, shelters are running out of room, so a new space is being opened to hold the overflow.
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A statement from Paul Dragon, Executive Director, CVOEO, on the recent changes in federal funding for social services.
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City officials in Barre and Burlington have begun to open emergency shelters in response to dangerously cold temperatures that descended on the state Monday and are forecast to persist in the coming days.
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CVOEO, a non-profit focused on social and economic justice, is extending its Burlington warming shelter hours to seven days a week.
While the state’s threshold to open warming shelters is -20, the non-profit is attempting to keep their shelter open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
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As temperatures dropped below freezing last week, Burlington organizations banded together to house the city's most vulnerable but are calling upon the state for more help.
