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Last Fall, Burlington Announced Plans To Address Homelessness. What Happened?

A homeless encampment on Sears Lane in Burlington, shortly before it was taken down by the city in October 2017 after reports of domestic violence and drug use.
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A homeless encampment on Sears Lane in Burlington was taken down by the city last October.

After last year's big debate over homelessness and violence in Vermont's largest city, Burlington officials planned to change their approach on the issue, with more emphasis on supporting the homeless community.

But so far, not much has changed. We're looking at what progress has been made.

We're joined by Burlington Free Press reporter Jess Aloe. She wrote the story, "Last fall's push to address homelessness in Burlington fell short."

Broadcast live on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

Jane Lindholm is the host, executive producer and creator of But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids. In addition to her work on our international kids show, she produces special projects for Vermont Public. Until March 2021, she was host and editor of the award-winning Vermont Public program Vermont Edition.
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