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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Despite a waitlist of thousands of Vermonters, the Vermont State Housing Authority says it won’t be able to issue new vouchers for now and will aim to trim about 489 vouchers from its existing rolls through attrition. -
Administration officials have been pressuring lawmakers to speed up the transition away from the emergency motel housing program, and cut down on costs. Despite winning some concessions, the governor’s administration wouldn’t say whether it was satisfied. -
Housing advocates say a cap on the amount of state tax revenue set aside for the new CHIP program would severely limit the number of homes that could be built with its help, among concerns about other restrictions. -
Here’s a look at the top changes this year’s eclectic housing package would make — including where lawmakers are still debating the details and where Gov. Phil Scott’s administration stands. -
While lawmakers previously lambasted the caps, both the House and Senate have now agreed to a budget bill that contains them, aligning with Gov. Phil Scott’s recommendation. -
In some instances, state employees told motel program participants that they were ineligible to remain sheltered the very same day that they needed to leave, according to an attorney at Vermont Legal Aid. -
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.
