Budget panel defers immediate funding for Vermont Legal Aid’s Property Law Project, will revisit in FY27 A legislative budget committee debated a $635,620 adjustment request from Vermont Legal Aid, including a proposed partial alternative of $250,000 to restore one staff position and helpline funding, but deferred any action until the FY27 budget process.

Vermont's budget committee is at a crossroads, debating a crucial funding request for legal aid that could impact thousands facing housing crises.

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Vermont Legal Aid expands services to address growing legal deserts in rural areas Vermont Legal Aid targets underserved regions with clinics and consumer rights projects.

Vermont's legal aid organizations are launching new initiatives to combat the growing crisis of "legal deserts" in underserved rural areas—are they the key to justice for all Vermonters?

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