MaineHousing Awards Contract To Support Homeless Service Hubs To Preble Street

AUGUSTA, Maine -- MaineHousing is pleased to announce it has awarded Preble Street a contract to oversee and support staff for Maine’s nine regional homeless service hubs.

Preble Street will become the employer for all nine hub coordinators. Hub coordinators currently work for eight separate agencies, and this new format will allow this work to be more coordinated and seamless.

“This change will allow the good work of the hubs to continue in a focused and efficient way while ensuring each hub coordinator has the support needed to work collaboratively to help make homelessness rare and brief across Maine,” said MaineHousing Director Dan Brennan.

MaineHousing selected Preble Street through a competitive review of three proposals. The review focused on experience working with community partners, the ability to support all nine coordinators, budget, and plans for an effective transition.

“While it is difficult to choose between multiple excellent applicants, all of whom have worked tirelessly to help combat homelessness in Maine, we are confident Preble Street is the agency best positioned to take on this challenge,” Brennan said.

The contract is expected to start on Dec. 1, 2026, giving Preble Street time to plan the change before the current contracts with the agencies overseeing the hubs end on Jan. 31, 2027.  

Under the new contract, Preble Street will supervise the coordinators and work collaboratively with MaineHousing to support them in organizing this work.

MaineHousing has proposed approximately $1.1 million to fund the contract.

Maine's Homeless Response Service Hubs, are a part of the Maine Continuum of Care and the Maine Statewide Homeless Council. The hubs help local partners work together to respond to homelessness. They help assess community needs, set priorities, and connect people to housing resources and services. Under the new contract, Preble Street will supervise and support the coordinators who help organize this work.

“We’re very excited to get this grant from MaineHousing and look forward to helping develop and lead a more effective response to the tragedy of homelessness in Maine,” says Preble Street Executive Director Mark Swann. “We want to focus on solid social work practice, collecting and using better data to inform that work, and increasing resources where needed. The bottom line is that we need to do all we can as a state to help people move from homelessness to safe and affordable housing.”