Over $277,000 to help Portland Housing Authority support vets

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree announced today that the Portland Housing Authority will be getting over $277,000 to help homeless veterans in southern Maine. The money will fund a program that is administered by local housing authorities (like Portland Housing Authority) in cooperation with the Veterans Administration. The vouchers will help homeless veterans and their families get off the street and into affordable housing units.

“No one should be homeless, least of all the men and women who have defended our nation,” Pingree said. “With all the sacrifices that all our veterans have endured, it’s unacceptable to me that they don’t have a place to live.”
 
This funding will help the Housing Authority find affordable housing for 35 homeless veterans and their families. The Maine State Housing Authority also administers an identical program statewide.