Carly Berlin
Housing/Infrastructure ReporterCarly covers housing and infrastructure for 开云体育 and VTDigger and is a corps member with the national journalism nonprofit Report for America.
Previously, she was the metro reporter for New Orleans Public Radio, where she focused on housing, transportation and city government. Before working in radio, she was the Gulf Coast Correspondent for Southerly, where she reported on disaster recovery across south Louisiana during two record-breaking hurricane seasons.
Carly grew up in Atlanta and is a graduate of Bowdoin College. She鈥檚 an avid bird watcher and ultimate frisbee player.
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The extension, which will apply to roughly 400 households, comes after the governor struck down legislation that would have granted a reprieve for all participants. -
The shelters, which opened last November during a wave of evictions from Vermont鈥檚 motel voucher program, have served 36 families. -
The Legislature and Gov. Phil Scott are once again locked in a heated political battle over the program鈥檚 future. -
Administration officials have continued to push back forcefully against a three-month extension 鈥� backed by Democrats 鈥� for all unhoused people living in state-sponsored motel rooms. -
Legislative leaders conceded that they are willing to walk away from about $14.9 million in state spending 鈥� but made a single request in return. -
Without a clear path to override the veto, Democratic lawmakers may need to strike a deal with the governor 鈥� or forgo the midyear spending package. -
A key point of contention is whether to extend winter rules to allow more unhoused people to remain in Vermont鈥檚 motel voucher program through the spring. -
A wide-ranging housing plan unveiled by Republican Gov. Phil Scott last month is now making its way through the legislative process, but it鈥檚 unclear how much of that proposal Democratic lawmakers will be willing to advance. -
Gov. Phil Scott鈥檚 administration has made prioritizing such infrastructure projects a cornerstone of his housing agenda. -
鈥淭here鈥檚 just increasing pressure,鈥� said one city council member. 鈥淪o when you give somebody, let鈥檚 say, a 90-day notice, it sounds like a lot of time, but it really is not.鈥�
