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Necessary_Cat_4801 t1_j7pvlps wrote

Reply to comment by headgasketidiot in Vermont’s rates of homelessness are (almost) the worst in the country by DaddyBobMN

A lot of the cash was through the Emergency Rental Assistance Program. It had to go to landlords, it was a condition of the funding.

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headgasketidiot t1_j7q2l8d wrote

You're right. The hotel voucher is our own homegrown landlord giveaway, whereas this is a federally mandated landlord giveaway. So many wonderful landlord welfare programs.

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Necessary_Cat_4801 t1_j7q3210 wrote

The hotel voucher program is not a landlord welfare program, it's what the legislature prefers to do rather than build housing.

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headgasketidiot t1_j7q3klb wrote

Landlord welfare program with more steps.

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Necessary_Cat_4801 t1_j7qf1he wrote

How are payments to motel 6, quality inn, etc a landlord welfare program? These are hotels, not landlords. The payments go to hotels because they're aren't apartments to put people in.

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headgasketidiot t1_j7qhwj0 wrote

Many of these hotels are not viable as businesses otherwise. Sometimes they go to places like motel 6 and quality inn, but usually it's places like the Shady Lawn in WRJ, which at this point is functionally a substandard apartment complex for people with state temporary housing vouchers.

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Necessary_Cat_4801 t1_j7qig4x wrote

Absolutely. I was just debating that the people being paid are landlords. They are not, they're hotel owners.

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headgasketidiot t1_j7qiwrn wrote

Ah I see. Yeah, I was being a little cheeky, but you really only need to squint a little to see it that way.

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