Need an affordable apartment or know someone who does? Vermont has plenty of options! There are vacancies in 29 different apartment complexes across the state, according to the Vermont Directory of Affordable Rental Housing.
Homelessness
Stakeholder input needed for roadmap to end homelessness in Vermont
A steering committee of housing and service providers, state agencies and funding organizations is working to reduce homelessness and stabilize vulnerable populations. The committee’s current goal is to develop a system for facilitating service-connected affordable housing options, building local capacity, determining costs and identifying available and needed resources.
Need an affordable apartment?
Need an affordable apartment or know someone who does? There are vacancies in 7 different apartment complexes across the state, according to the Vermont Directory of Affordable Rental Housing.
The graying of America's homeless
The number of homeless living in the U.S. who are over the age of 50 has jumped recently, and now comprises 31 percent of the nation's total homeless population, according to the New York Times. This is creating "daunting challenges for social service agencies and governments already struggling with this crisis of poverty."
Need an affordable apartment?
Need an affordable apartment or know someone who does? There are vacancies in 13 different apartment complexes across the state, according to the Vermont Directory of Affordable Rental Housing.
Need an affordable apartment?
Need an affordable apartment or know someone who does? There are vacancies in 20 different apartment complexes across the state, according to the Vermont Directory of Affordable Rental Housing.
Governor Shumlin, Secretary Cohen of the Agency of Human Services and Commissioner MacKay of the Department of Housing and Community Development invite you to join them and other colleagues and friends for a signing ceremony of an Executive Order related to Publicly Funded Housing for the Homeless. This order will implement a recommendation from the Governor’s Council on Pathways from Poverty by providing another tool to meet the state’s goal of ending family homelessness by 2020 and all other homeless thereafter.
Canal Street Veterans Housing celebrates 5 years of success
Five years after opening its doors to homeless veterans, Canal Street Veterans Housing is celebrating its success in moving residents to permanent housing and employment. Eighty-seven percent of all residents moved into permanent housing after leaving Canal Street and all of those who were able to work were employed.
Canal Street is a two-year transitional housing program for formerly homeless veterans. It is the only VA housing provider in Vermont that allows families of veterans to join them in their program. In 2015, the residents of Canal Street's 28 units included 8 children and two spouses.
Temporary housing available for Vermonters at risk of homelessness during weekend's extreme cold
Vermonters at risk of homelessness should call 2-1-1 to arrange for temporary housing during the extreme cold this weekend, Governor Peter Shumlin advised Friday.
The Vermont Division of Emergency Management & Homeland Security is issuing wind chill warnings for most of the state from 4 a.m. Saturday through 7 p.m. Sunday, with wind chill temperatures expected to plunge to between 25 and 40 below zero.
The state's homeless shelters and service providers will commemorate the thousands of homeless and at-risk Vermonters who received housing and/or services this past year. For more information, contact Linda Ryan, (602) 373-6505.
Sponsored by the Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness and the Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition.
Thursday, January 7th, 2016