Senate passes budget that would reduce motel program room capacity by a third

The Autumn Inn, a motel in Bennington that shelters unhoused people through the state’s motel voucher program, pictured in January. Photo by Carly Berlin/VTDigger and Vermont PublicThis 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 pass