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By CARLY BERLIN

Last week, Gov. Phil Scott’s administration scrambled to set up four mass shelters within a matter of days, anticipating hundreds of people would lose their eligibility for state-subsidized rooms through Vermont’s motel housing program on Friday. Yet...

By CARLY BERLIN

Nearly two years ago, the town of Putney, Vt., approved a new affordable housing development on Alice Holway Drive. The project would bring 25 energy-efficient apartments to an area the town had earmarked for growth, and was designed to preserve some...

By CARLY BERLIN

A key House panel has voted to give a temporary reprieve to hundreds of Vermonters sheltered in motels and hotels who are set to lose their state-sponsored rooms this spring.On Monday afternoon, the House Committee on Appropriations advanced a...

By CARLY BERLIN

When temperatures plummet across Vermont, and traditional shelters are full, the state eases eligibility requirements for its motel housing program to get unhoused Vermonters out of the cold and into a room. But this winter, many motels participating...

By CARLY BERLIN

After Barre City suffered extreme damage from the July 2023 floods, constituents began to approach Rep. Jonathan Williams, D-Barre City, saying they had no idea they lived in a home at risk of flooding.“That happened day after day, day after day,”...