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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The spending bill attempts to preserve housing for most of the Vermonters living in state-subsidized motel rooms, but advocates worry a new cap on rates could lead motel owners to withdraw from the program. The bill would also send millions in funding to municipalities recovering from the July 2023 floods.
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Vermont hospitals are seeing an increase in long-term patients due to a lack of placement options, like residential care facilities. In some instances, as hospitals fill up, it's delaying care for people with serious medical needs.
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For decades, the 11-story Decker Towers complex in Burlington has housed low-income seniors and people with disabilities. But for the last couple years, the building has been overwhelmed with people experiencing homelessness. Seven Days reporter Derek Brouwer has been covering the story, and he recently sat down with Vermont Public's Mary Williams Engisch.
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Some motel owners have signaled that they may no longer participate in the state shelter program if a $75 or $80 nightly reimbursement cap takes effect. That uncertainty has some unhoused Vermonters in the program panicking that their stays could soon be cut short.
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In addition to standing up a congregate shelter in Waterbury, the Department for Children and Families is moving forward with plans for a family shelter at the former Austine School for the Deaf in Brattleboro and three “emergency shelter apartments” in central Vermont.
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As Vermonters get turned away from shelter, more are likely living outside — making them harder to count and harder to help.
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According to data scraped by PriceLabs from Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo, there’s a big spike in people booking short-term rentals for the dates around April 8.
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The Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition and the Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness are now one entity: the Housing & Homelessness Alliance of Vermont (HHAV).
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As Vermont faces an acute housing shortage, lawmakers and members of Gov. Phil Scott’s administration are eyeing a host of measures to clear the path for more residential development. Among the tools they’re considering: reforming how neighbors can challenge a project.
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Attorney General Charity Clark announced the settlement Wednesday, which requires motel owner Anil Sachdev to pay $310,000 to motel residents whose security deposits he improperly withheld.