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Thomas Chittenden: “If you are a veteran and do not have a home, that status…”

Featuring: Thomas Chittenden, Democratic | Vermont State Senate, Chittenden Southeast

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Vermont Senate Session on Budget Adjustments and Legislative Bills

Published | Video Starts at 15:03

It does not cover pregnant women unless they are in their third trimester. So if you are in your second trimester, you cannot be housed in the motel program. If you are a veteran and do not have a home, that status doesn't matter. You have to leave the program. If you are disabled in a wide range of ways, but you are still mobile, you're still able to walk, you have to leave the motel rooms. (15:03–15:11)

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Asserts that veterans without homes are not covered by the governor's executive order.

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