Carly Berlin
Housing/Infrastructure ReporterCarly covers housing and infrastructure for Vermont Public and VTDigger and is a corps member with the national journalism nonprofit Report for America.
Previously, she was the metro reporter for New Orleans Public Radio, where she focused on housing, transportation and city government. Before working in radio, she was the Gulf Coast Correspondent for Southerly, where she reported on disaster recovery across south Louisiana during two record-breaking hurricane seasons.
Carly grew up in Atlanta and is a graduate of Bowdoin College. She’s an avid bird watcher and ultimate frisbee player.
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Lawmakers had hoped the temporary carve-outs would help ease Vermont’s acute housing shortage. Developers are using the new exemptions in at least a dozen locations across the state. -
The cause of death is unknown, but a local nonprofit said the person had been camping outside after being evicted from their apartment. The deaths of three unhoused people last week have been reported by law enforcement, in a season when Vermont’s shifting policies around homelessness have left some people without shelter. -
This winter’s motel program rules will be more restrictive than prior years’. Seasonal shelter expansions are in the works, but may not meet the remaining need. -
Some people are doubling up with friends and family. Others have strained their budgets to stay longer in the motels. And many are sleeping outside. -
“My sense is that the majority of the residents in Putney do support the project, and that there’s a small but loud, vocal minority that really opposes it,” said the Putney select board chair. -
“On short notice and for a temporary timeframe… you’re going to have to pay a premium for that,” said Department for Children and Families Commissioner Chris Winters. -
The pending sale to Evernorth comes after a period of uncertainty for tenants who live in the apartments that have been overseen by Copley Hospital’s parent company. -
The shelters won’t have walk-in access — instead, families will need to go through an intake process to secure a spot.
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Families will need to contact the state in order to get access to the Williston and Waterbury shelters, which will remain open until April 1. -
Like other village centers across Vermont, the lack of public wastewater in Wolcott poses big hurdles to housing and other kinds of redevelopment.
