Shelter, landlords work together to help homeless
Posted on January 3, 2013 |
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OFFICIALS FROM THE John Graham Shelter in Vergennes are working with public and private landlords to free up more apartments for homeless people, which will open up space at the shelter. Pictured during a recent meeting are Vergennes landlord Jud Swenor, left, John Graham Shelter Executive Director Elizabeth Ready, Addison County Community Trust Executive Director Terry McKnight and Dave Huntley, who was recently homeless.
Independent photo/Trent Campbell
VERGENNES — It was only a couple of months ago that Dave Huntley was jobless, homeless and living out of his car.
“I’d been working on a farm in Barton,” Huntley said during a recent interview at the John W. Graham Emergency Shelter in Vergennes, where he eventually landed. “There weren’t too many farm jobs out there.”
But thanks to the efforts of the shelter, other area nonprofits and a Vergennes landlord, Huntley is a now a rent-paying tenant at a local residence.
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