In the past year, Preble Street’s Veteran Housing Services (VHS) program has housed over 270 Veterans. This past September, VHS housed more Veterans than ever before in one month, connecting 28 Veterans to housing. These numbers represent hours, days, and weeks of hard work from the incredibly dedicated VHS team, who show up with compassion and love, and real people who have been helped during one of the toughest times in their lives.
Today, VHS has more than 250 landlord partners and have served close to 600 Veterans since October 2023. They recently formed a new partnership with the Rental Housing Alliance of Southern Maine to forge more partnerships with landlords, who have available units for Veterans.
About Veteran's Housing Services...
VHS assists Veterans and their families in finding and maintaining stable housing and works to end homelessness among Veterans in Maine. Our team covers all 16 counties in the state and has offices in Portland, Lewiston, and Bangor.
Knowing that success depends on public and private partnerships and compassionate communities, the VHS program is a collaborative effort of Preble Street with Pine Tree Legal Assistance, funded by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs’ Supportive Services for Veteran Families.
Preble Street Veterans Housing Services is part of a coalition of partners working to end Veteran homelessness in Maine. This coalition is called No Homeless Veterans and is comprised of local non-profits, community partners, and government agencies, who are united by the goal of ensuring episodes of homelessness among Veterans are brief and non-recurring.
Learn more at nohomelessveterans.org. If you’re a landlord interested in working with Preble Street, visit LandlordsHelp.org.
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Staff highlight: JB – “I can’t think of anything I’d rather have done.”
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No Homeless Veterans
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