Homelessness

The shelters won’t have walk-in access — instead, families will need to go through an intake process to secure a spot.

“For me, the cold weather opening of the motels is really grounded in a Vermont climate that doesn’t really exist anymore,” said state Sen. Tanya Vyhovsky.

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.

As Vermonters get turned away from shelter, more are likely living outside — making them harder to count and harder to help.

A conversation with the Bennington County Coalition for the Homeless and the Champlain Housing Trust.

At various times in the past month, Vermonters have woken up to orange smoky skies due to heavy smoke from wildfires in Canada. This smoke not only leaves an eerie atmosphere, it creates unhealthy air quality that affects all sorts of Vermonters — including vulnerable populations experiencing homelessness.

Filmmaker Daniel Levesque chronicles the outpouring of support from activists and community members after the city moved to close a homeless encampment in October 2021.

Host Connor Cyrus talks with a Vermont Legal Aid project director who is helping people navigate the end of the pandemic-era rental assistance program.

Vermont's emergency motel voucher program has been extended through Dec. 31. We find out what this means for people experiencing homelessness across the state.

The state has been housing Vermonters experiencing homelessness in hotels and motels using federal COVID relief money, but what happens when that runs…