The home for Vermont Public's coverage of housing issues affecting the state of Vermont.
Carly Berlin is a Housing/Infrastructure Reporter for Vermont Public and VTDigger and is a corps member with the national journalism nonprofit Report for America.
Lexi Krupp is Vermont Public's Upper Valley/Northeast Kingdom reporter, focusing on housing and health care.
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State housing leaders are celebrating the opening of 65 new units but worry that federal cuts may be coming to the systems that support affordable housing. -
Developers are cheering the so-called CHIP program, which would finance infrastructure to support development, including in towns that weren’t able to take advantage of similar options in the past. -
Several hundred young service members were dismissed in mid-April nationwide as a result of the Trump administration’s push to shrink the federal workforce. -
The bill’s backers say a homelessness response system centered on the community level would be a better way to spend state money and serve people in need. It’s an idea with a long history. -
Representatives for Vermont landlords and bankers have pushed back against the bill, citing the current political environment for immigrants without legal status. -
Scott’s second veto appears to be the final word on the acrimonious annual budget adjustment bill, after Democrats say they are moving on. -
Democrats, who have sought an extension for all people sheltered through the program, stood by that conviction on Thursday. Gov. Scott is expected to veto the midyear spending bill. -
“The Governor’s attempt to circumvent the intent of the General Assembly is an unconstitutional encroachment on a core function of the legislature,” wrote the head of the Office of Legislative Counsel. -
“This is really creating a lot of last-minute chaos,” said Brenda Siegel, executive director of End Homelessness Vermont. -
The extension, which will apply to roughly 400 households, comes after the governor struck down legislation that would have granted a reprieve for all participants.
