Kids and the “medically vulnerable” permitted to stay in hotel-motel program past April 1

Republican Gov. Phil Scott has signed an executive order allowing families with children under age 19 and “medically vulnerable” Vermonters who face eviction from hotel and motel rooms on April 1 to remain in the state’s General Assistance program through June 30.

Pregnant women in their third trimester or who will enter their third trimester between April 1 and June 30 are among those who qualify as “medically vulnerable.”

Scott’s executive order comes after weeks of squabbling between his…