Champlain Inn News Today

Lines of people experiencing homelessness used to wait outside the former Champlain Inn in Burlington for a place to stay the night. Now, a local nonprofit is creating permanent housing and a plan to integrate those people back into the community.

Burlington plans to open an overnight, low-barrier shelter this winter with enough beds for 30 of the roughly 200 city residents who currently sleep on...

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $20 million to Vermont’s largest affordable housing owner and manager, Champlain Housing Trust. Scott’s charitable giving organization, Yield Giving,...

The low-barrier homeless shelter at Burlington's former Champlain Inn will have new management this fall. On October 2, the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity...

Currently, the only low-barrier, overnight shelters in the county are the Elmwood Avenue pod shelter and ANEW Places Champlain Inn shelter.

Natasha Doolan knew she would be kicked out of the Quality Inn in Colchester last Thursday, and she scrambled to avoid living on the streets...

In December 2021, Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger stood in front of city hall and pledged to end chronic homelessness within three years. The city had...

"Donna" walked up the steps to her Burlington apartment building on Monday afternoon and pulled on the front door. It was locked from the inside....

Since the pandemic, the Champlain Inn has served as a low-barrier emergency shelter in Burlington, managed by ANEW Place, and serving between 50 to 70 people a night.

City and state officials Wednesday said they’re committed to keeping the former Champlain Inn on Shelburne Road operating as a homeless shelter.