BRATTLEBORO — A May 17 story about the end of the state's hotel voucher program included Brattleboro hotels and motels participating in the program, as provided to the newspaper by the Vermont Agency of Human Services' (AHS) Division of Children and Families. The Latchis Hotel was listed among the businesses.
According to a May 18 email from Latchis Hotel General Manager Jonathan Jensen, “We have not at any time participated in nor supported this State of VT housing project, nor do we have any desire or intention to participate in programs like this in the future.”
On May 18, AHS Chief of Communications and Legislative Affairs Rachel Feldman told The Commons that the Latchis Hotel “is housing a [General Assistance] household, but that was done as an exception made by the hotel. They are not routinely accepting GA vouchers.”
She described the Latchis Hotel as “an example of a local business who worked very hard to find a way to help.”