As Vermonters observed Homelessness Awareness Day on May 6, the urgency of our state’s housing crisis has never been clearer. More than 4,971 individuals, including more than 1,105 children, experience homelessness nightly in Vermont — a number that is an undercount, as it reflects only those who engaged with our state’s coordinated entry system. In Orange/Windsor North, the district in which the Upper Valley Haven is the lead agency focused on homelessness, at least 333 of our neighbors are homeless, including 73 children.
