Clik here to view.
Phil Scott signs bill that will restructure Vermont’s homelessness response
Gov. Phil Scott at the Statehouse in Montpelier in Nov. 2025. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger This story, by Report for America corps member Carly Berlin, was produced through a partnership...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Vermont won permission to use Medicaid funds for homelessness. It’s sitting...
A building in the village of Beecher Falls in Canaan that David Begin is renovating including rental apartments seen in August 2025. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger This story, by Report for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Former tow truck driver, who needs an oxygen concentrator to breathe, faces...
Lisa and Fred Allard, along with their dog Penelope, as they get ready to pack up their motel room on March 31, 2026. Photo by Carly Berlin/VTDigger and Vermont Public This story, by Report for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New plan for Vermont homelessness would largely end the use of motel rooms
Rep. Eric Maguire, R-Rutland City, listens to testimony in the House Human Services Committee at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Wednesday, Jan. 14. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger This story, by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Appeals mount over 80-day motel limit as Vermont Supreme Court allows board...
Julie Whitney follows her husband Chuck Rouille to their room at the Travelodge motel on Shelburne Road in South Burlington on Sept. 15, 2024. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Theo Wells-Spackman...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak: Vermont’s municipalities are at a breaking point....
This commentary is by Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, of Burlington. For years, the city of Burlington has worked hard to adapt our responses to public health challenges, including homelessness, substance...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Paul Quackenbush: Don’t look away
This commentary is by Paul Quackenbush, a resident of Burlington. Recently, as I exited the Ethan Allen Shopping Center on North Avenue in Burlington, I saw a woman on the sidewalk with three small...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New homeless shelter to open in Montpelier
The Vermont Statehouse is visible from across the Winooski River in Montpelier on May 20, 2021. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger This story by Matthew Thomas was first published in The Bridge on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pelin Kohn: A values-based response to homelessness in Vermont
This commentary is by Pelin Kohn, a Montpelier city councilor. Homelessness is not a local issue. It’s a Vermont issue. Towns and cities across the state are grappling with a growing crisis — one that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘We need a prayer’: As executive order ends, hundreds of Vermonters exit motels
Chris Duprey and Jessica Delary consider their options once they lose their room at the Motel 6 in Colchester on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. The couple and their two kids plan to move out on Wednesday....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Advocates plead with Gov. Phil Scott to extend motel eligibility for families...
Advocates for unhoused Vermonters pleaded with Gov. Phil Scott to prevent impending evictions from the motel voucher program at a press conference on the Statehouse steps on June 17, 2025. Photo by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hundreds of ‘most vulnerable’ households to lose emergency shelter as...
Julie Whitney follows her husband Chuck Rouille to their room at the Travelodge motel on Shelburne Road in South Burlington on Sept. 15, 2024. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger This story, by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
For one Vermont family, losing their shot at a housing voucher could mean...
Hannah Patten, a mother of two teenagers, is set to lose her state-issued housing voucher. Seen at her apartment in northern Vermont on Tuesday, June 3. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger This story, by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Phil Scott remains silent on session’s biggest homelessness bill as it heads...
House and Senate members of the homeless housing bill conference committee meet at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger This story, by Report for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Just before a key vote, Scott administration’s position on motel program...
Human Services Secretary Jenney Samuelson, center, and Chris Winters, commissioner of the Department for Children and Families, right, listen as Gov. Phil Scott speaks during his weekly press...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Judge orders state to give motel voucher recipients more notice before...
A motel program participant is evicted after losing eligibility. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger This story, by Report for America corps member Carly Berlin, was produced through a partnership between...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Vermont shelter providers: Homeless legislation overhaul risks existing...
This commentary is by Vermont shelter and homeless service providers. Their names are listed below the text of the commentary. We are shelter and homeless service providers throughout the state of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Phil Scott extends motel stays for families and ‘medically vulnerable’...
Gov. Phil Scott at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. File photo by Jeb Wallace-Brodeur/VTDigger This story, by Report for America corps member Carly Berlin, was produced...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Beth Ann Maier: What are we doing, Vermont?
This commentary is by Beth Ann Maier of Waterbury. She is a retired pediatrician, a deacon in the Episcopal Church and a member of Vermont Interfaith Action. Housing availability in Vermont is similar...
View ArticleClik here to view.
As eclipse watchers arrive in Vermont, some motel residents must pack up to...
Annette Berry sits for a portrait at the Days Inn in Colchester on April 4, 2024, as she prepares to pack up her room. Photo by Carly Berlin/VTDigger and Vermont Public This story, by Report for...
View Article
![[QLD, NSW, VIC] Samsung 65](http://files.ozbargain.com.au/n/31/978831l.jpg?h=8d64f0c6)
