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Vt. homeless hotel undergoes health inspection

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“Hotels in the state voucher program are inspected routinely. The recent inspection in Brattleboro came after a complaint filed with the health department.

‘Well, we’d be really glad to know that people have heat,’ said Libby Bennett with Groundworks Collaborative, the outreach agency in southern Vermont for those struggling to make ends meet. The organization works with hotel guests on basic day-to-day needs like food and health care. ‘Making sure that public health and safety issues are being addressed is of importance to us because we aim to make sure people have a dignified place to be and to live.'”

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