
Carly Berlin
Housing/Infrastructure ReporterCarly covers housing and infrastructure for ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý 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’s an avid bird watcher and ultimate frisbee player.
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“There’s no winged unicorn coming out of D.C. or Montpelier that’s going to come and give us the shortfall money,� said the head of the housing agency.
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The federal funds could offer a rare opportunity to help build new housing outside of the most flood-prone areas.
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The board will play a key role in overseeing a years-long mapping process that will cement changes to Vermont’s statewide development review law.
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While Vermont’s homeless population increased last year, other states saw much more dramatic spikes.
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City officials decided to open the shelter because they estimate over 250 people are currently sleeping outside in and around Burlington.
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The 344 households who have been unable to get a motel room this month include those deemed most vulnerable, such as unhoused families.
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The subject of landlord-tenant relations has arisen as a thorny � and politically divisive � issue amid the state’s housing crisis.
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Lawmakers had hoped the temporary carve-outs would help ease Vermont’s acute housing shortage. Developers are using the new exemptions in at least a dozen locations across the state.
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The cause of death is unknown, but a local nonprofit said the person had been camping outside after being evicted from their apartment. The deaths of three unhoused people last week have been reported by law enforcement, in a season when Vermont’s shifting policies around homelessness have left some people without shelter.
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This winter’s motel program rules will be more restrictive than prior years�. Seasonal shelter expansions are in the works, but may not meet the remaining need.