Episode 17

The Degree of the Crisis has Increased

April 26, 2024: Groundworks Collaborative supports people in Windham County dealing with housing insecurity and hunger. Executive Director Libby Bennett and Board member Peter Elwell discuss homelessness in Vermont post-pandemic.

To learn more about Groundworks Collaborative: https://groundworksvt.org/

Do you know your state's housing wage? Learn more from the National Low Income Housing Coalition: https://nlihc.org/oor

About the Podcast

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The Montpelier Happy Hour
A show about how things in the State House shake out for the rest of us

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Olga Peters

Producer and host Olga is a journalist by day and a screenwriter by night. On the Montpelier Happy Hour she combines a newshound's doggedness with a fiction writer's sense of "what if...".
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Emilie Kornheiser

Regular contributor Emilie Kornheiser represents Windham District 2-1 in the Vermont House of Representatives (that’s Brattleboro.) She always appreciates an opportunity to unpack the stories that drive us and hopes her gravestone will read “she asked good questions.” You can find more about her and her work in the legislature at emiliekornheiser.org.