homelessness
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Restaurant workers help bring joy to homeless shelters
Recently eight local restaurants participated in an effort provide Christmas cookies to homeless shelters around the state.
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Local affordable housing eyed for $5M in repairs
John Graham Housing & Services is planning a $5 million overhaul of several of its affordable housing projects in Vergennes, Middlebury and Bristol.
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Local shelters fill up as temperatures dip
Addison County’s two emergency homeless shelters are already full and carrying waiting lists as bone- chilling temperatures, sleet and snow once again take center stage in the Champlain…
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Motel voucher guidelines for the unhoused
These are the current rules governing eligibility for hotel-motel vouchers for homeless households through the state’s general Assistance Emergency Housing Program.
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Letter to the editor: Zoning can help housing issues
Our unhoused neighbors are our neighbors. They deserve our attention, our action and our admiration, not our fear or disdain.
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‘Gotta Go’ card links the homeless to vital services
Where can those, who have the least, go to find employment opportunities, a free meal, health care, or simply a restroom when it’s late at night and everything…
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Group seeks a public loo in Middlebury
Middlebury residents and officials have long lamented the paucity of public restrooms in Addison County’s shire town.
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Charter House director to give talk on homelessness
As part of its 2021-2022 speaker series, The American Association of University Women (AAUW) invites the community to the second event of the series on Tuesday, Nov. 16,…
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Supporting homeless vets and helping others
Middlebury American Legion Post 27 on Saturday, Nov. 13, will collaborate with a local radio station to raise donations for the Dodge House, a Rutland-based shelter for homeless…
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A new homelessness challenge lies ahead
MIDDLEBURY — Under normal circumstances, Anne Heather — who is homeless — wouldn’t have the wherewithal to stay even one night at the Courtyard By Marriott Hotel.She recently…
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Charter House shelter gears up
MIDDLEBURY — The Charter House Coalition’s (CHC) warming shelter at 27 North Pleasant St. is pushing through this nasty winter stretch with a new leader, added professional staff…
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Distressing case in Middlebury reveals cracks in system
MIDDLEBURY — Folks walking past the Middlebury police station off Seymour Street during the night of Jan. 12-13 caught an unusual and disturbing sight. A woman camped out…
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Shelter pivots to help homeless this winter
VERGENNES — Vergennes-based John Graham Housing & Services (JGHS) is busy preparing itself, and its clients, for an arduous Vermont winter during which homeless people will have the…
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College student helps feed Middlebury homeless
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College sophomore Jack Eschert has been helping others for about as long as he can remember. It probably started when, at age 5, he joined…
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Inside Vermont’s newest homeless shelter: The So. Burlington Holiday Inn
Victor Guyette held up a photo of his daughter, Yvonna, on his smartphone. She was sitting on the shoulders of a fellow Marine Corps member, both wearing their…
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Homeless shelters to reopen; some guests cause problems at hotels
MIDDLEBURY — Charter House Coalition (CHC) officials are targeting Monday, June 8, to reopen the organization’s warming shelter at 27 North Pleasant St. in Middlebury. The shelter has…