Your Vermont neighbors need help with rental assistance to make up for federal cuts.

The Federal Department of HUD and State Housing Authority are pulling back subsidies so we're pulling out all the stops to get people into housing and pay a share of their rent ourselves until they get stabilized. We've been blessed with support from private foundations, local supporters and state partners who know our approach works, but there's still room for you to help someone out right now.

100% of donations received through December go to client rental assistance, 0% to administrative costs or fundraising costs. There is no more efficient way to support a Vermont family transitioning from "homeless" to "housed."

It's no secret that housing in Vermont is expensive and slipping out of reach for too many of our family and friends. The number of Vermonters experiencing homelessness is staggering. Imagine how much harder finding a home is for someone struggling with mental illness; for homeless youth with no rental history, savings or references; for families in poverty trying to piece together the jigsaw puzzle of transportation, employment and childcare; or for older Vermonters with health and mobility issues living on benefits that haven't kept pace.

This year the Homeless Prevention Center (HPC) served over 900 Vermonters. We expended a record $422,580 on security deposits, rental subsidy and back rent assistance--a 35% increase over 2024. This helped 219 Vermonters transition from Homeless to Housed, and another 211 at-risk Vermonters avoid eviction and homelessness altogether.

HPC's team of dedicated case managers supports families and individuals, elders and youth, at every step of the way from crisis back to stability. We believe in second chances and often work with higher-need families for years after they are housed to avoid a return to homelessness. We've been doing this work for over 25 years. Working closely with people through a crisis, and seeing hundreds of success stories add up each year is an honor and privilege. And we couldn't do this work without You.

Let's not let homelessness become a familiar feature of the Vermont landscape.

Thank you for your commitment to ending homelessness one person and one family at a time!

Angus

Angus Chaney, Executive Director

Homeless Prevention Center

www.hpcvt.org

(watercolor by J Makela.)

Homeless Prevention Center ~ Giving Tuesday 2025

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