Vermont adds homeless shelter capacity, but it’s still not enough to meet the need

Carly Berlin covers housing and infrastructure for Vermont Public, in partnership with VTDigger. This week, some of the season’s first snow flurries are forecast to fly in Vermont. Across the state, emergency shelter operators are finalizing their plans to offer warm beds to people experiencing homelessness this winter. Shelter capacity has grown in the last year by almost a quarter. As of late October, Vermont had space for 721 households in community shelters – up from 583 the same month in 2025, according to monthly counts published by the Department for Children and Families. More beds are expected to come online in the coming weeks. Still, the state’s homeless population numbers at nearly 3,300 people, according to a tally from January released on Tuesday, and that figure is regarded as an undercount.

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