The home for 开云体育's coverage of housing issues affecting the state of Vermont.
Carly Berlin is a Housing/Infrastructure Reporter for 开云体育 and VTDigger and is a corps member with the national journalism nonprofit Report for America.
Lexi Krupp is 开云体育's Upper Valley/Northeast Kingdom reporter, focusing on housing and health care.
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Advocates plead with Gov. Scott to extend motel eligibility for families and those with medical need鈥淲e are in the midst of a housing crisis. There鈥檚 nowhere for people to go,鈥� said Maryellen Griffin, a staff attorney with Vermont Legal Aid. 鈥淧eople will be camping in sidewalks, parks, river banks, empty lots.鈥� -
Gov. Phil Scott鈥檚 three-month extension for this group is set to expire June 30 鈥� and local service providers say the state鈥檚 interpretation of the governor鈥檚 order caught them off guard. -
The marquee policy in the bill is the Community and Housing Infrastructure Program, which is intended to help cover costly infrastructure upgrades that are needed to make residential development possible. -
The bill would have marked a fundamental pivot in how Vermont approaches homelessness, which has spiked amid a crushing housing shortage and rising housing costs. -
Congressional cuts to federal rental aid have prompted Vermont鈥檚 largest housing authorities to stop issuing new Section 8 vouchers. The state鈥檚 nine local housing agencies estimate they need to shelve nearly 1,000 vouchers from their rolls by the end of the year. -
A housing agency rule would also allow work requirements. Supporters say a time limit would help spread limited funds to more people, but critics warn it would leave some homeless. -
The Trump administration want to cut the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Advocates in the Northeast warn the results would be dangerous to residents, if not deadly. -
At his weekly press conference, Scott said that he had not yet read the final version of the bill, but indicated that lawmakers 鈥渨ould have had to move a long ways鈥� before gaining his signature. -
A largely party-line vote over S.127 on Friday after more than a week of discord among House lawmakers over the marquee infrastructure program. -
Despite a waitlist of thousands of Vermonters, the Vermont State Housing Authority says it won鈥檛 be able to issue new vouchers for now and will aim to trim about 489 vouchers from its existing rolls through attrition.
