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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Gov. Phil Scott’s three-month extension for this group is set to expire June 30 — and local service providers say the state’s interpretation of the governor’s order caught them off guard. -
The marquee policy in the bill is the Community and Housing Infrastructure Program, which is intended to help cover costly infrastructure upgrades that are needed to make residential development possible. -
The bill would have marked a fundamental pivot in how Vermont approaches homelessness, which has spiked amid a crushing housing shortage and rising housing costs. -
Congressional cuts to federal rental aid have prompted Vermont’s largest housing authorities to stop issuing new Section 8 vouchers. The state’s nine local housing agencies estimate they need to shelve nearly 1,000 vouchers from their rolls by the end of the year. -
At his weekly press conference, Scott said that he had not yet read the final version of the bill, but indicated that lawmakers “would have had to move a long ways” before gaining his signature. -
A largely party-line vote over S.127 on Friday after more than a week of discord among House lawmakers over the marquee infrastructure program. -
Despite a waitlist of thousands of Vermonters, the Vermont State Housing Authority says it won’t be able to issue new vouchers for now and will aim to trim about 489 vouchers from its existing rolls through attrition. -
Administration officials have been pressuring lawmakers to speed up the transition away from the emergency motel housing program, and cut down on costs. Despite winning some concessions, the governor’s administration wouldn’t say whether it was satisfied. -
Housing advocates say a cap on the amount of state tax revenue set aside for the new CHIP program would severely limit the number of homes that could be built with its help, among concerns about other restrictions. -
Lawmakers in Montpelier scramble to finish a bill aimed at alleviating Vermont’s housing crisis.
