AUGUSTA, Maine - A measure to build cabins for homeless veterans with $1 million in state funding has overcome its first hurdle.
The Kennebec Journal reports that the Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Committee unanimously supported Rep. Jared Golden's proposal on Thursday. It heads to the full Legislature.
The Democrat from Lewiston's is hoping to restart a stalled project by Volunteers of America, which has proposed spending $4 million project to put 21 cabins on the VA Healthcare System's campus between Augusta and Chelsea.
Under the bill, the project would get $1 million in state funds. It would need to be matched by $3 million in private funding.
Golden has also proposed another measure that would ask voters to approve a $4 million bond that would support the entire project.