Refusing to renovate buildings hurts people with disabilities
To the Editor,
I continue to hear calls for exempting rehabilitation of older buildings from the requirements of Vermont’s rules on accessibility for those disabled. The usual claims are that retrofitting older buildings is too expensive, that it discourages rehab projects, and deprives the state of needed affordable housing.
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