After Covid-19 crisis, where will homeless Vermonters go? [View all]
Across the country, homeless populations have been battered by Covid-19.
Over 700 people without housing have tested positive for the disease in Boston. Similar outbreaks among homeless Americans have taken hold in cities like Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Philadelphia.
In Vermont, only one person experiencing homelessness tested positive for Covid-19. No one has died.
That’s because Vermont temporarily solved homelessness in a matter of weeks when the pandemic broke out. Every Vermonter who lacked shelter was able to receive it through an expanded motel voucher system that was instituted to limit the spread of the virus by keeping Vermonters out of cramped group shelters.
Read more: https://www.mountaintimes.info/after-covid-19-crisis-where-will-homeless-vermonters-go/
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