This fall, hundreds of the most vulnerable people experiencing homelessness in Vermont must leave state-funded motel rooms where they’ve been living as the state winds down its pandemic-era motel voucher program.
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In the central Vermont area of the cities of Montpelier and Barre, around 100 to 140 families will be leaving motels this fall. The state estimates that about 1,000 households will be out of motels statewide, said Jen Armbrister, outreach case manager for the Good Samaritan Haven in Barre. The households will be eligible for motel housing again on Dec. 1 as winter sets in. But until then, some don’t know where they will live.
“It bothers me because I'm a veteran and I don't believe that veterans should be having to deal with this,” he said. On Wednesday, leaders from more than a dozen Vermont cities and towns called on state government to do more to address the rising rate of homelessness and problems associated with it. They say local governments and service providers are left to deal with the impacts and that municipalities don't have the expertise or resources to handle them.
"It's just not sustainable on a long-term basis," he said. “It's a difficult situation. understand the point of view of the municipalities as well, but we don't have the resources either and so we're in the position we're at," Scott said.
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