Submitted by FearandLoathinginBTV t3_10sk9y8 in vermont
[deleted] t1_j72umea wrote
Reply to comment by Outrageous-Outside61 in As homelessness crisis deepens, rural children pay the price by FearandLoathinginBTV
I agree with your point. I also think the hotel/motel owners are taking far more advantage of this terrible situation than the homeless themselves... A lot of these owners are making HUGE profits from these voucher programs and they do not re-invest any of those profits back into their hotels/motels to improve the living conditions of their tenants. The owners have little to no oversight of their operations by the State, and the conditions in most of these motels are deplorable and unsafe. The towns are powerless to impose any penalties against these apparent slumlords and, so far, the State seems unwilling to provide the framework for any oversight or accountability... The volume of homeless wouldn't be as much of an issue if there was better implementation of the help we are trying to provide.
Outrageous-Outside61 t1_j74vc9q wrote
Absolutely. Honestly I don’t blame anybody taking advantage of the program, I blame the program itself. As you said, there is very little oversight on this situation. The hotels are disgusting, there is no requirement that those enrolled in the voucher system is in any program to better themselves, it’s bad for our community, the homeless it’s attempting to help, and a pathetic waste of tax dollars
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