What a jerk!
Homeless Women Less Than 6 Months Pregnant Will Be Kicked Out Of Motel Program
From Burlington Free Press: “March 29, 2025 Republican Gov. Phil Scott has signed an executive order allowing families with children under age 19 and “medically vulnerable” Vermonters who face eviction from hotel and motel rooms on April 1 to remain in the state’s General Assistance program through June 30. Pregnant women in their third trimester or who will enter their third trimester between April 1 and June 30 are among those who qualify as “medically vulnerable.”
SEE WHAT 5 MONTHS PREGNANT LOOKS LIKE,
and ask what in holy hell is Phil Scott doing threatening to put them out doors treated worse than a homeless dog?
Please read Governor Phil Scott's Executive Order Yourself (he has ice in his veins!)
https://governor.vermont.gov/sites/scott/files/documents/EO%2003-25%20General%20Assistance%20Emergency%20Housing.pdf
“v. is a woman in the third trimester of pregnancy or a woman who will enter
the third trimester of pregnancy during the period April 1, 2025 to June 30
2025.”
(3rd trimester means 6 months pregnant)
Let's Be Bewildered Together Over Governor Phil Scott's Math Skills
First, please note that U.S. Senator Cory Booker is speaking “LIVE”
right now at 9:51 PM March 31 about the horrors of cuts to Medicaid
which will devastate pregnant women.
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/floor_activity_pail.htm
Now, back to Vermont Governor Phil Scott’s Executive Order of March 28, 2025
EXECUTIVE ORDER 03-25
https://governor.vermont.gov/sites/scott/files/documents/EO%2003-25%20General%20Assistance%20Emergency%20Housing.pdf
“WHEREAS, … the Vermont Legislature has
maintained an expanded number of emergency hotel/motel rooms; and
WHEREAS, the hotel/motel program will cost Vermont taxpayers an estimated $45 million for Fiscal Year 2025 …”
WHEREAS, the program is legislatively capped at 1,100 available rooms for a maximum 80-day per year stay to allow for individuals and families to seek suitable shelter and housing options except during the months of November 1, 2024-March 31, 2025 when the program ballooned to 1,461 households at a cost of almost $16 million for that period; …”
O.K., let’s stop here, in the past I have stated that you can do a real estate search for
“unrestricted land” in Vermont. You can go camping on this land or stick a trailer on it or a pre-fabricated steel building and fill it with tents.
Let’s do this again because it is worth repeating this exercise, in case any non-profits want to take up ideas like this. See if you can search available grants at https://www.grants.gov/
Now, next you want to see a full listing of unrestricted land for sale in Vermont and you will see excellent deals for many acres. https://www.landsearch.com/unrestricted/vermont
Next, check out how low priced some camper trailers are that sleep 4 people.
https://rv.campingworld.com/rvclass/small-camper-rvs
Next, for each unrestricted piece of land you buy, you need a 100 foot or larger steel building to park the camper trailers in for safety and to protect them from harsh weather.
https://quote.uspatriotsteel.com/
I added up hundreds of acres of unrestricted land and the cost of steel buildings and the cost of trailer campers at $13,000. each, and I still couldn’t spend as much money as Governor Phil Scott has spent for his limited-time solution.
A long term solution is far more cost effective and costs millions of dollars less than what is currently being spent.
Make the Homeless Shelter Math Make Sense Before DOGE Comes to Vermont!
You don’t want Elon Musk’s gang of notorious DOGE
slashers to come to Vermont,
so Governor Phil Scott should put his thinking cap on!
I want to try a little math here:
Governor Phil Scott’s executive order states
an estimated $45 MILLION DOLLARS
for the year 2025 for the hotel/motel program
for homeless Vermonters.
It says the program is capped at 1,100 rooms.
$45,000,000 divided by 1100 = $40,909.
Each room costs $40,909 per year?
You can buy a brand new 2025 Keystone Coleman
20 foot camper trailer that sleeps 4 people for
$13,000.
https://rv.campingworld.com/rvclass/small-camper-rvs
The advantage of camper trailers is keeping people
separated in appropriate groups.
You don’t want people with drug problems in the
same group as women and children, etc.
Now, if instead of hotel/motel rooms, the State of Vermont
buys 1,100 camper trailers which can be parked in
various towns in Vermont where they are needed,
then
1,100 times 13,000 = $14,300,000.
So, how much is saved?
$45,000,000 minus $14,300,000. = $30,700,000.
So, the State of Vermont can save $30,700,000.
by buying 1,100 camper trailers
and park them around the state where needed.
Where? Where do you park them with the
$30,700,000. saved?
Let’s look at today’s listing of
UNRESTRICTED LAND
FOR SALE IN VERMONT
https://www.landsearch.com/unrestricted/vermont
Today, there are 9 listings on this site.
(1) Windham County
57.8 Acres for $299,000.
(2) Windham County
2.19 Acres
with a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom home 1,921 Sq ft.
$349,000.
(3) Rutland County
5.47 Acres
$329,000.
(4) Windsor County
3 Acres
$`129,000.
(5) Washington County
64.6 Acres
$299,000.
(6) Lamoille County
1 Acre $75,000.
(7) Orleans County
10 Acres $68,850.
(8) Orleans County
0.9 Acre $39,000.
(9) Orleans County
10 Acres $589,000.
O.K., lets add up how many acres nine unrestricted
land properties cost today in Vermont.
We need “unrestricted land” for the non-profits to
create homeless shelters with the camper trailers.
So, the listing of nine properties today adds up to
154.96 Acres of land.
What is the total cost if non-profits can get grants
and donations to buy the whole list of ten properties?
So, that’s $2,276,850.
Now, add the $2,276,850 with the cost of the
1,100 camper trailers,
$14,300,000 + $2,276,850 = $16,576,850.
Well, seriously folks, $16,576,850
is less expensive than $45,000,000.
$45,000,000. minus $16,576,850. = $28,423,150.
Now, surely you can pay the salaries of the heads
of the non-profits and the required property insurance
for less than $28 Million dollars?