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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In her decision, Judge Helen Toor called out the lack of a comprehensive approach to addressing homelessness in Vermont, calling it an “overly complicated bureaucratic and financial maze.”
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Use of the four shelters had ticked up over the week, most notably in Burlington, where nearly 40 people slept in the building on its final night of operation.
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The four shelters have seen little use since they were set up last Friday.
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At one of the four shelters, set up in anticipation of people exiting the emergency housing motel program, not a single person showed up over the weekend.
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Advocates scrambled to help people hold onto their housing, but state officials said late Friday afternoon that 372 households were still scheduled to lose their rooms.
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Vermont Legal Aid wants the state to assess whether program participants may be eligible to remain in their rooms.
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The shelters would only be open for a matter of days to allow people staying in motels to apply for a new waiver to remain in the program.
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Before this legislative session started, lawmakers were planning on making major changes to Vermont’s signature land-use law. They wanted to loosen Act 250 regulations to boost housing development in some areas, while strengthening rules for building in sensitive habitats. But nearing the mid-point of the session the path forward for big changes looks murky.And now that Mitch Wertlieb is settling in as the new host of The Frequency, we want to hear your feedback on the show. What’s working for you? What doesn’t? What do you wish was in the podcast that you’re not hearing? Your input helps us make the best show we can – one you’ll look forward to hearing every day. So please share your thoughts at thefrequency@vermontpublic.org.
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Residents and advocates had worried that a new $80 rate cap would cause motels to abruptly drop out of the state’s emergency housing program.
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“There are many irons in the fire,” said Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Baruth in an interview Tuesday.