MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - A bill determining the future of how Vermont grapples with homelessness is now awaiting action from Governor Phil Scott. But there’s still plenty of disagreement on whether it will save money and lift people out of poverty.

The V ermont Homeless Emergency Assistance and Responsive Transition to Housing Program bill is a major overhaul of the state’s beleaguered hotel-motel program.

Homeless advocates like Brenda Siegel say the bill navigates a middle-of-the-road approach in how the state would deal with homelessness. It would move who administers the program -- and its funding -- from state government to five regional nonprofit community action agencies. It would allow for there to be flexibility and creativity in how people’s needs are met, it also would bette

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