homelessness
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Addiction recovery enters new chapter in county
The nonprofit Turning Point Center will henceforth be known as the Peer Recovery Center of Addison County.
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Rep. McGill reaches Turning Point
Rep. Jubilee McGill is bringing her work on housing back home to Addison County.
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Shelters rally for homeless during cold
Persistent snowfall and frigid temperatures during this particularly harsh Vermont winter are putting a strain on the county’s two emergency shelters.
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Evictions, lack of renter protections partly to blame for homeless crisis
Evictions, low rental vacancy rates, and the loss of the motel program mean there are fewer places for unhoused Vermonters to go.
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Report, firsthand accounts, reveal backlogged shelter system
Vermont’s homelessness crisis is getting worse, according to a new report released by the Housing and Homelessness Alliance of Vermont.
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Homelessness crisis deepens in county and state
The recently released 2025 State of Homelessness in Vermont Report outlines the scope of Vermont’s worsening homelessness problem — including here in Addison County — and offers potential…
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Shelters see more demand after motel voucher system ends
The July 1 sunset of the state’s motel voucher program has sent more than 300 vulnerable Vermont households into uncertain housing situations, and leaders at Addison County’s two…
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Homeless still among us, but less visible
There’s plenty to see in downtown Middlebury these days. But what you won’t see — at least as of this week — are small clusters of houseless persons…
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Freedom & Unity: Peace & happiness, for everyone
Like too many disenfranchised Americans, Jerome Hazelwood is an unhoused neighbor of our community. BIPOC neighbors are five times more likely to experience homelessness in Vermont than their…
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Letter to the editor: Homeless deserve support, respect
As you may be aware, May 6 is National Homeless Awareness Day. This issue is important to me as a community member who believes that assisting those in…
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Middlebury gathering to honor county unhoused
On Homelessness Awareness Day this coming Tuesday, May 6, the Addison County Housing Coalition will mark the occasion with a special event on the Middlebury town green, from…
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Freedom & Unity: ‘Do you think we want to live like this?’
His wife scurried to collect their things as her half-asleep, disheveled partner hollered at the authorities who had come to “move them along” from their encampment under a…
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Letter to the editor: Local police are a boon to area
After just reading the January 16 issue of the Addison Independent, I am struck by two articles. One is about the Middlebury Police Department letting people sleep on…
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Homeless citizens are out of view, but they’re still there
Frigid temperatures and the recent removal of Middlebury’s largest encampment behind the Ilsley Library has temporarily made homelessness more of an unseen problem in the county’s shire town.…
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Top 10: Towns seek compassionate but effective solution to growing encampments
The charitable organization Helping Overcome Poverty’s Effects, or HOPE, this fall was asked to help a growing number of houseless folks who’ve temporarily settled in the shire town,…
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Middlebury drafts policy for homeless campsites
The document will guide the community in regulating the makeshift campsites that houseless individuals have been creating and using for shelter — primarily in the downtown and greater…