Vermont’s housing landscape can be unfair, inaccessible, and exclusive. Kahlia Livingston and Jess Hyman of the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity discuss the roots of Vermont’s lack of affordable housing and describe potential approaches to reduce housing discrimination.
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Kahlia Livingston is a Burlington, Vermont native currently working as the Fair Housing Project Education & Outreach Coordinator with the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity. Kahlia is a UVM graduate with a bachelor’s degree in political science and sociology.
Jess Hyman is Fair Housing Project Manager and Associate Director of Statewide Housing Advocacy Programs at the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO), where she works with renters, counsels people experiencing illegal housing discrimination, and oversees housing education programming.
Vermont’s housing landscape can be unfair, inaccessible, and exclusive. Kahlia Livingston and Jess Hyman of the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity discuss the roots of Vermont’s lack of affordable housing and describe potential approaches to reduce housing discrimination.
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