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Vermont is spending unprecedented amounts on housing. Where is the money going?
Construction continues on a housing project in Colchester on Tuesday, May 31. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger In the last three years, the Legislature has appropriated roughly $370 million to address...
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A new program aims to help BIPOC homebuyers with down payments
The former Baymont Hotel in Essex was renovated into rental apartments. A Champlain Housing Trust project, Susan’s Place was made possible by federal pandemic relief money. Photo by Glenn...
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Vermont is pouring millions into manufactured homes and mobile home parks
Nicole Daniels sits on the steps of her home in Berlin on Monday, Aug. 1. Photo by Natalie Williams/VTDigger Nicole Daniels had been living with her father in Berlin and taking care of him when he...
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Vermont farmers get loans to renovate worker housing
Chelsea Sprague, of Sprague Farm in Brookfield, at one of the homes the farm offers as housing for their workers on Wednesday, Sept. 7. Sixteen farmers are part of a pilot program to renovate worker...
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As HIV leaders change, the fight against an often-forgotten virus remains the...
Karen Peterson and Samba Diallo, respectively the outgoing and incoming executive director of the AIDS Project of Southern Vermont, hold signs outside their Brattleboro office. Photo by Kevin...
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Champlain Housing Trust to manage Burlington pods for people experiencing...
A rendering provided to the Development Review Board of what a pod would look like. Image courtesy of the Burlington Community and Economic Development Office After months of searching for an...
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CityPlace developers file permit to start construction of long-stalled...
The site of the stalled CityPlace development in Burlington in 2020. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The new owners of the long-stalled CityPlace development told the Burlington City Council on...
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With Chittenden County trailing behind affordable housing goals, leaders call...
Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger speaks during a press conference held to announce the construction of affordable housing at CityPlace in Burlington on Friday, Oct. 28. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger...
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Construction to start on CityPlace as soon as next week
CityPlace developers David Farrington, center, and Scott Ireland listen as Mayor Miro Weinberger speaks during a press conference held to announce the construction of affordable housing at CityPlace...
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Opening of emergency housing ‘pods’ in Burlington delayed until January
A worker helps assemble a structure in Burlington last month at the Elmwood Emergency Shelter Community, a group of pods meant to temporarily house people who otherwise have no shelter. Two community...
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‘It’s brand new and it’s mine’: Redeveloped Williston hotel provides new...
Michelle Lucas at her new apartment at Zephyr Place in Williston on Saturday, Jan. 7. Lucas moved into the Champlain Housing Trust building after experiencing homelessness for five years. Photo by...
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In 1st Vermont appearance as US rep., Becca Balint pledges to prioritize housing
U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, leaves after touring and visiting with a resident at Zephyr Place in Williston on Wednesday, January 18, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger U.S. Rep. Becca...
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Move-ins to begin this week at Burlington ‘pod’ community
The Elmwood emergency shelter community in Burlington on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Photo by Patrick Crowley/VTDigger BURLINGTON — The buzz of table saws still rang in the background Monday as city...
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Burlington City Council updates inclusionary zoning rules
Mayor Miro Weinberger speaks during a press conference held to announce the construction of affordable housing at CityPlace in Burlington in October. Aiming for more flexibility in how developers meet...
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A ‘pod’ of his own: How emergency shelter gave one man hope
After sleeping in his car, living with substance use disorder and struggling with run-ins with the law, Will Suchoski’s stay at the Elmwood emergency shelter has afforded him another chance. Photo by...
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Ho Hum Motel to house Vermonters experiencing homelessness
Ho Hum Motel has called Williston Road in South Burlington home since it was constructed in 1950. The no-frills motor inn has seen a host of different owners of the years but after being purchased by...
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Burlington City Council rezones South End to allow for housing
Traffic travels along Pine Street in Burlington on Wednesday, November 24, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger BURLINGTON — Wrapping up 18 months of work by city planners and committees, the...
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From flood info to apartment appliance guides, Vermont Language Justice...
Vermont Language Justice Project released a series of videos about flood safety in 16 different languages. Screenshot Camila Van Order Gonzalez is a reporter with Community News Service, part of the...
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Former South Burlington motel converted to 20 apartments for people exiting...
People take a peek at the new Braeburn Apartments on Sept. 18, 2023. Champlain Housing Trust is converting the former Ho-Hum Motel on Williston Road into affordable, long-term rental units designated...
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MacKenzie Scott donates $20 million to Champlain Housing Trust, a historic...
Zephyr Place in Williston is a Champlain Housing Trust residence that thas 72 affordable and homeless transitional apartments. Seen on Saturday, January 7, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger...
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Burlington City Council approves winter shelter at former VFW
The former Veterans of Foreign Wars building on South Winooski Avenue in Burlington. Photo by Patrick Crowley/VTDigger BURLINGTON — The Burlington City Council approved a plan on Tuesday night to turn...
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Vermont devotes more money to improve farmworker housing
The owners of Sprague Farm in Brookfield have refurbished a home through the Champlain Housing Trust program to provide housing for the farm’s workers. Seen September 7, 2022. File photo by Glenn...
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Chittenden County falls short of target to build more housing
Michael Monte, CEO of Champlain Housing Trust, speaks at a press conference on Chittenden County housing production at Zephyr Place in Williston on Monday. Photo by Carly Berlin/VTDigger and Vermont...
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Melinda Moulton: Is the Queen City’s crown really slipping?
This commentary is by Melinda Moulton of Huntington, a writer, filmmaker, social and climate activist, and community leader. As someone who spent 40 years helping to redevelop the Burlington...
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Tri-partisan group of lawmakers joins Phil Scott to pitch sweeping housing...
Gov. Phil Scott talks about Vermont’s housing crisis while surrounded by a tripartisan group of legislators and other advocates at the Statehouse on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. Photo by Natalie...
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Helen Head: Making affordable housing investments that last
This commentary is by Helen Head of South Burlington. She is a board member of the Champlain Housing Trust. She also served as a state representative (2003-2018), where she chaired the Vermont House...
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One year in, are Burlington’s ‘pods’ a success?
The Elmwood emergency shelter community in Burlington on Feb. 6, 2023. Photo by Patrick Crowley/VTDigger A year ago, the first residents started to move into a much-heralded emergency shelter in...
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Burlington mayor, CityPlace developers want to add hotels to project and...
Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger joined the CityPlace partners at a press conference outside the project on Feb. 8, 2024. Photo by Patrick Crowley/VTDigger BURLINGTON — Burlington Mayor Miro...
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Resettlement groups ask state to help fund transitional housing for refugees
Amila Merdzanovic, Vermont director of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, gave testimony remotely on Tuesday in support of refugee resettlement funding in the House Committee on Commerce...
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Sanders, Welch, Balint announce $75 million in earmarks for Vermont
From left: Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Becca Balint and Sen. Peter Welch. Photos by Glenn Russell/VTDigger From left: Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Becca Balint and Sen. Peter Welch. Photos by Glenn...
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