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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Brattleboro representative town meeting members voted down a new ordinance that gave the police authority to issue civil fines to control anti-social behavior downtown. -
The U.S. is short approximately four million homes. Wharton economist Ben Keys traces the beginning of the housing crisis to the 2008 financial meltdown — and says climate change is making things worse. -
Lawmakers had hoped the temporary carve-outs would help ease Vermont’s acute housing shortage. Developers are using the new exemptions in at least a dozen locations across the state. -
The cause of death is unknown, but a local nonprofit said the person had been camping outside after being evicted from their apartment. The deaths of three unhoused people last week have been reported by law enforcement, in a season when Vermont’s shifting policies around homelessness have left some people without shelter. -
This winter’s motel program rules will be more restrictive than prior years’. Seasonal shelter expansions are in the works, but may not meet the remaining need. -
Some people are doubling up with friends and family. Others have strained their budgets to stay longer in the motels. And many are sleeping outside. -
Superior Court Judge Samuel Hoar, in a Nov. 19 decision, wrote the city had broad authority under state law to place restrictions on short-term rentals. -
“My sense is that the majority of the residents in Putney do support the project, and that there’s a small but loud, vocal minority that really opposes it,” said the Putney select board chair. -
“On short notice and for a temporary timeframe… you’re going to have to pay a premium for that,” said Department for Children and Families Commissioner Chris Winters. -
The pending sale to Evernorth comes after a period of uncertainty for tenants who live in the apartments that have been overseen by Copley Hospital’s parent company.
