Senate's version of budget would reduce motel program room capacity by a third

This story, by Report for America corps member Carly Berlin, was produced through a partnership between VTDigger and Vermont Public. The capacity of Vermont’s motel shelter program for unhoused people could shrink by a third for much of the coming fiscal year, which begins on July 1. The Vermont Senate passed its version of the state budget on Thursday, which would place a cap on the number of motel and hotel rooms the state would pay for moving forward. A 1,000-room cap would go into effect Sept. 15, and stay...