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By CARLY BERLIN

When 10 apartments at the new Armory House building just outside of downtown Vergennes opened in June, they all had tenants within two weeks. To developer Peter Kahn, the building’s developer, watching the new apartments fill up so quickly — most...

By CARLY BERLIN

A person was found dead at an encampment behind a shopping center on Route 302 in Berlin, Vt., on Saturday night, James Pontbriand, chief of the Berlin Police Department, confirmed in a Tuesday interview.The department has released little information...

By CARLY BERLIN

With colder weather approaching, the rules governing Vermont’s motel voucher program are about to shift for the winter – and will be more restrictive than in prior years. Meanwhile, shelters across the state are getting seasonal expansions up and...

By CARLY BERLIN

Earlier this year, it seemed like Corey Moquin was beginning to get his feet under him. In March, Moquin, 39, had entered Vermont’s motel voucher program after a stint at a hospital receiving treatment for his mental health. By mid-September, he had...

By CARLY BERLIN

A ruling by Vermont’s highest court last week has cleared the way for an affordable housing development in Putney, Vt., to move forward, following a years-long legal battle brought on by a couple of neighbors.“We’re finally at the end of a long...

By CARLY BERLIN

State officials are working to assemble three emergency family shelters following the evictions of over 1,000 people from Vermont’s motel voucher program this fall.Two sites – the former State Police barracks in Willison, and the Waterbury Armory –...

By CARLY BERLIN

Nearly 100 Vermont legislators and Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman are now calling for Gov. Phil Scott to intervene on a mass wave of evictions currently underway from the state’s motel voucher program for people experiencing homelessness.“These are the most...

By CARLY BERLIN

James and Teala Ouimette began their day at the Harbor Place hotel in Shelburne getting their two daughters off to school. The two girls, ages four and five, both have autism; the younger is nonverbal. Just like each morning, a shuttle picked the...

By CARLY BERLIN

When Mary Mojica’s Waterbury apartment flooded last summer, all she could grab were a couple of boxes, some clothes, and her dog, Bella. Since then, Mojica, 59, has taken up residence at the Days Inn in Colchester, with the aid of a voucher from...

By CARLY BERLIN

The city of Montpelier is asking people to leave an encampment that has grown this summer at the site of a former country club where the city hopes to develop housing.On Wednesday, city workers put up orange barricades around the parking lot at the...

By CARLY BERLIN

The house Allison Doe rented in Plainfield hadn’t been a perfect home. Doe, 64, moved to the Brook Road residence five years ago from Williston because she was excited to live “in the country,” she said. A former animal hospital employee, she loved...

By CARLY BERLIN

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its most significant decision on homelessness in decades: It ruled that municipalities can ban people from sleeping and camping in public places.The implications for the court’s 6-3 decision are most immediate...

By CARLY BERLIN

Four years ago, Igor Motriak hurt his back while working a construction job. The injury put him out of work, and the loss of income put his housing on the line. The 42-year-old immigrated to the Vermont from Ukraine in 2016, and because he lacked a...

By CARLY BERLIN

Last week, Gov. Phil Scott’s administration scrambled to set up four mass shelters within a matter of days, anticipating hundreds of people would lose their eligibility for state-subsidized rooms through Vermont’s motel housing program on Friday. Yet...

By CARLY BERLIN

Nearly two years ago, the town of Putney, Vt., approved a new affordable housing development on Alice Holway Drive. The project would bring 25 energy-efficient apartments to an area the town had earmarked for growth, and was designed to preserve some...

By CARLY BERLIN

A key House panel has voted to give a temporary reprieve to hundreds of Vermonters sheltered in motels and hotels who are set to lose their state-sponsored rooms this spring.On Monday afternoon, the House Committee on Appropriations advanced a...

By CARLY BERLIN

When temperatures plummet across Vermont, and traditional shelters are full, the state eases eligibility requirements for its motel housing program to get unhoused Vermonters out of the cold and into a room. But this winter, many motels participating...

By CARLY BERLIN

After Barre City suffered extreme damage from the July 2023 floods, constituents began to approach Rep. Jonathan Williams, D-Barre City, saying they had no idea they lived in a home at risk of flooding.“That happened day after day, day after day,”...