The 2024 Voting Guide from Homeless Voices for Justice (HVJ) is now available!
Every year, HVJ polls candidates running at the local, state, and federal level on important questions and issues related to housing, homelessness, and poverty. The candidates’ responses to these pressing questions and critical issues are compiled in the below PDFs to help you make an informed decision at the ballot box. Not every candidate responded to HVJ’s questions, BUT we have biographical and campaign information available on every candidate running for Portland’s City Council, state office in Maine, and at the federal level.
Portland City Council Voting Guides
Maine State Office Voting Guides
Maine House of Representatives
- Maine House of Representatives – District 112
- Maine House of Representatives – District 113
- Maine House of Representatives – District 114
- Maine House of Representatives – District 115
- Maine House of Representatives – District 116
- Maine House of Representatives – District 117
- Maine House of Representatives – District 118
- Maine House of Representatives – District 119
Maine State Senate
Federal Elections Voting Guides
Founded in 1995, HVJ is a grassroots organization advocating for social change with, and on behalf of, people experiencing homelessness and poverty. Click here to learn more about them or email them directly at HVJ@preblestreet.org.
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Federal government decimates funding to housing programs
As we shared earlier this month, there will soon be more tents and encampments popping up throughout Maine. In a continuation of massive cuts to programs helping people living in poverty, the current Administration has announced a huge change to how it will fund housing and homeless services. This new approach will decimate permanent supportive
1,200 Mainers at risk of reentering homelessness
CALL TO ACTION Call and email Senators Collins and King, and Representatives Golden and Pingree as often as you can — every day — and implore them to demand that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) revise their disastrous changes to federal homelessness and housing policy. If they do not, more than 1,200
Preble Street Statement on SNAP
Update: November 10, 2025 We’re thankful to announce that full SNAP benefits have been issued for 97% of Maine recipients! A small percentage of households, mostly those who applied for SNAP benefits after November 2, have received reduced benefit amounts for this month. Many thanks to all who advocated for this, including Maine’s Governor, Attorney