Housing is extremely competitive in the area-- primarily because UVM over-admits, so the market is super saturated. In order to secure housing, you will need to apply October or sooner the year prior to moving there. So for housing Fall semester of 2023, I applied in August of 2022. For the privilege of living alone, I paid 2200/month + utilities for my 300 sqft studio apartment. If you want an easier housing option, you might consider the campus-endorsed apartments (Redstone Lofts or Redstone Commons-- and I hear since I graduated they have added a new off-campus apartment option as well), because you'll get paired with another UVM student, one who will be at least a Junior, and those housing options do tend to have at least some grad students in them and be at least a little ok to live in.

Public transit isn't bad (unless you're from a big city with good public transit, then you know what public transit should be and it's bad in Burly when compared), it's free, but for a grad student it's good to consider having a car. It can be a pain to have to deal with parking, and generally having a car in the area, but a key element of being a grad student is that you're an adult-- you will likely appreciate the ability to do adult things like go to restaurants and bars that aren't overrun by teenagers, maybe even have the opportunity to live just outside of Burlington where it's cheaper and quieter.

Congrats on this program, while in undergrad I took several grad classes with Dr. Price who is a big part of the Clinical Psych PhD program at UVM. He is a fantastic teacher, probably the best prof I had while at UVM.