The home for Vermont Public's coverage of housing issues affecting the state of Vermont.
Lexi Krupp is Vermont Public's Upper Valley/Northeast Kingdom reporter, focusing on housing and health care. Learn more about Lexi's coverage and get in touch here.
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Residential care facilities in Vermont — struggling with staffing shortages and historically low Medicaid reimbursement rates — are closing at an alarming rate. -
Vermont Public recently did its own analysis of what residential and assistant living facilities are available in Vermont, how many beds they have, what they cost and how much Medicaid-funded care — if any — they provide.
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A draft report, released on Nov. 14, suggests delegating Act 250 review to municipalities with local rules “that are functionally equivalent” to state criteria.
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The move is intended to speed up the process of establishing a FEMA housing site in Montpelier on a plot of city-owned land.
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An all-volunteer effort that’s sprung up to help central Vermonters recover from the flood is drawing volunteer labor from some unlikely places.
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In September, Vermont saw the highest number of active short-term rentals out of any month on record: 11,747.
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As concerns mount for the hundreds of Vermonters whose homes still aren’t repaired from the summer floods, the state is launching a new disaster case management system as a “last resort” for displaced survivors.
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Over five-plus years, the medical respite program at Bonvouloir House served more than 200 people, and saved the hospital system millions of dollars.
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"It’s a good financial situation for them,” said tenant Sandy Harris. “But it would be sad to lose this for the seniors in this area.”
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State officials framed the plan as a form of triage to temporarily house those who will be forced to leave the state’s pandemic-era motel program in April.
