Homelessness /tags/homelessness Homelessness en-US 开云体育 Wed, 19 Mar 2025 20:30:40 GMT Scott administration rejects compromise on motel housing funding /local-news/2025-03-19/scott-administration-rejects-compromise-on-motel-housing-funding 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. Wed, 19 Mar 2025 20:30:40 GMT /local-news/2025-03-19/scott-administration-rejects-compromise-on-motel-housing-funding Carly Berlin Gov. Scott proposes towns accept cash 鈥� and responsibility 鈥� for unsheltered motel residents /local-news/2025-02-28/gov-scott-proposes-towns-accept-cash-and-responsibility-for-unsheltered-motel-residents Samantha Sheehan, a lobbyist for the Vermont League of Cities and Towns, told lawmakers Friday that, practical considerations aside, such services were the state鈥檚 job to deliver 鈥� not cities and towns. Fri, 28 Feb 2025 22:23:00 GMT /local-news/2025-02-28/gov-scott-proposes-towns-accept-cash-and-responsibility-for-unsheltered-motel-residents Lola Duffort State opens Williston and Waterbury shelters for unhoused families /local-news/2024-11-01/state-opens-williston-and-waterbury-shelters-for-unhoused-families The shelters won鈥檛 have walk-in access 鈥� instead, families will need to go through an intake process to secure a spot. Fri, 01 Nov 2024 20:28:06 GMT /local-news/2024-11-01/state-opens-williston-and-waterbury-shelters-for-unhoused-families Carly Berlin Unhoused Vermonters get extra help in bitter cold but must largely manage extreme heat on their own /local-news/2024-05-21/unhoused-vermonters-get-extra-help-in-bitter-cold-but-must-largely-manage-extreme-heat-on-their-own 鈥淔or me, the cold weather opening of the motels is really grounded in a Vermont climate that doesn鈥檛 really exist anymore,鈥� said state Sen. Tanya Vyhovsky. Tue, 21 May 2024 21:30:10 GMT /local-news/2024-05-21/unhoused-vermonters-get-extra-help-in-bitter-cold-but-must-largely-manage-extreme-heat-on-their-own Carly Berlin While state stands up shelters, some Vermonters exit motels without a plan /local-news/2024-03-15/while-state-stands-up-shelters-some-vermonters-exit-motels-without-a-plan Advocates scrambled to help people hold onto their housing, but state officials said late Friday afternoon that 372 households were still scheduled to lose their rooms. Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:18:36 GMT /local-news/2024-03-15/while-state-stands-up-shelters-some-vermonters-exit-motels-without-a-plan Carly Berlin, Habib Sabet, and Babette Stolk How many Vermonters are unhoused? The state鈥檚 best answer is likely incomplete /local-news/2024-02-06/how-many-vermonters-are-unhoused-the-states-best-answer-is-likely-incomplete As Vermonters get turned away from shelter, more are likely living outside 鈥� making them harder to count and harder to help. Thu, 08 Feb 2024 10:00:49 GMT /local-news/2024-02-06/how-many-vermonters-are-unhoused-the-states-best-answer-is-likely-incomplete Carly Berlin How Vermont organizations help people experiencing homelessness through the winter /show/vermont-edition/2024-01-11/how-vermont-organizations-help-people-experiencing-homeless-through-the-winter A conversation with the Bennington County Coalition for the Homeless and the Champlain Housing Trust. Thu, 11 Jan 2024 19:55:08 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2024-01-11/how-vermont-organizations-help-people-experiencing-homeless-through-the-winter Mikaela Lefrak, Daniela Fierro Wildfire smoke poses extra risk for people experiencing homelessness /local-news/2023-06-29/wildfire-smoke-poses-extra-risk-for-people-experiencing-homelessness At various times in the past month, Vermonters have woken up to orange smoky skies due to heavy smoke from wildfires in Canada. This smoke not only leaves an eerie atmosphere, it creates unhealthy air quality that affects all sorts of Vermonters 鈥� including vulnerable populations experiencing homelessness. Thu, 29 Jun 2023 20:47:47 GMT /local-news/2023-06-29/wildfire-smoke-poses-extra-risk-for-people-experiencing-homelessness Mary Williams Engisch, Adiah Gholston 鈥楢narchy in Vermont鈥�: Revisiting the 2021 standoff over the Sears Lane encampment in Burlington /show/made-here/2023-04-07/anarchy-in-vermont-revisiting-the-2021-standoff-over-the-sears-lane-encampment-in-burlington Filmmaker Daniel Levesque chronicles the outpouring of support from activists and community members after the city moved to close a homeless encampment in October 2021. Fri, 07 Apr 2023 19:51:49 GMT /show/made-here/2023-04-07/anarchy-in-vermont-revisiting-the-2021-standoff-over-the-sears-lane-encampment-in-burlington Vermont Legal Aid on helping those in need as rental assistance program ends /show/vermont-edition/2022-09-23/vermont-legal-aid-on-helping-those-in-need-as-rental-assistance-program-ends Host Connor Cyrus talks with a Vermont Legal Aid project director who is helping people navigate the end of the pandemic-era rental assistance program. Fri, 23 Sep 2022 18:52:41 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2022-09-23/vermont-legal-aid-on-helping-those-in-need-as-rental-assistance-program-ends Connor Cyrus, Tedra Meyer