The home for Vermont Public's coverage of housing issues affecting the state of Vermont.
Carly Berlin is a Housing/Infrastructure Reporter for Vermont Public and VTDigger and is a corps member with the national journalism nonprofit Report for America.
Lexi Krupp is Vermont Public's Upper Valley/Northeast Kingdom reporter, focusing on housing and health care.
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Journalists from Seven Days and Vermont Edition discuss their reporting on unhoused people who died while outside or in shelters.
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The workers’ situation highlights the tenuous predicaments that can arise when bosses double as landlords. -
My decade-long career as a journalist has been driven by a desire to tell human stories — not just the happy ones, but the stories of complicated people, and those who are frequently overlooked or disregarded by society and the media. In the past year, I’ve faced a new challenge in my reporting: the deaths of people I’ve written about. -
A first-of-its-kind analysis by Vermont Public and Seven Days identified at least 82 people who died either living outside or sheltered in motels between 2021 and 2024. Many of these deaths happened in largely invisible ways: in tents, sheds, motel rooms and dumpsters. -
The neighborhood is one of the largest to be built outside of Chittenden County in recent memory. The first homes are on track to be completed later this year. -
In two months, Vermont’s motel program for people experiencing homelessness will revert to the rules that previously caused an outcry. Lawmakers must decide if there’s a better long-term plan for state-provided shelter. -
An energy audit identifies opportunities to improve a home's energy efficiency, lower heating costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. -
Outside of Vermont, governments have bet big on encouraging modular construction to accelerate homebuilding. But there are some risks and barriers. -
It will be the inaugural contractor to sign on. Co-founder David Richards said he expects this to impact several hundred — primarily immigrant — workers during peak building season. -
There's a lot laid out in Gov. Phil Scott's 2026 budget he shared Tuesday — which totals about $9 billion. Here are just a few of the big proposals that might help break it down.
