Bouvier v. Wilson

The Department of Social Welfare issued a regulation, W.A.M. § 2613.2, restricting the duration of unlimited temporary housing payments under the General Assistance program to twenty-eight days in any six-month period. The level of assistance would then drop to the level of the permanent housing allotment for the area. An action was brought on behalf of six plaintiffs challenging the regulation as unauthorized under the provisions of the Vermont statutes relating to welfare and general assistance (33 V.S.A. chs. 26 and 38), as well as violating the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of…