I think housing is a problem everywhere. I also think the author focuses on the Burlington area appears to hope you won’t bother following the links in their story.

For instance: “That’s why Vermont now was the most expensive in-state college tuition of all 50 states, at more than $30,000 per year.” has a link in the middle of the sentence. Follow the link and the top of the page says: “Vermont has the highest average yearly in-state tuition of $17,083 at public institutions.” Scroll to Vermont section of that page and you get “The total cost of attendance at an average public 4-year institution is $29,665 for in-state students.”

I followed the one link chosen at random and it showed the author was in error about the numbers. That says the rest of the data in the article is suspect which means their conclusions are, at best, based in bad data. I also think they drifted all over the place rather than making a case about housing.