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![Rebecca Tallman, executive director for the Veterans Community Project of St. Louis, gives a tour of the community’s homes under construction on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood. “It feels surreal right now,” Tallman, who is also an Air Force veteran, said roughly a month ahead of the community’s first veteran moving in. “We’ve come a long way in such a short time. [It’s] exciting knowing that we’re going to hep my fellow brothers and sisters in arms.”](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxNTZweCIgd2lkdGg9IjI4MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=)
The goal of the nonprofit Veterans Community Project of St. Louis is to help transition homeless veterans to permanent housing. -
The Veterans Community Project, a Kansas City-based nonprofit, is building tiny homes and an outreach center in the JeffVanderLou neighborhood to help veterans who are experiencing homelessness.
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![Rebecca Tallman, executive director for the Veterans Community Project of St. Louis, gives a tour of the community’s homes under construction on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood. “It feels surreal right now,” Tallman, who is also an Air Force veteran, said roughly a month ahead of the community’s first veteran moving in. “We’ve come a long way in such a short time. [It’s] exciting knowing that we’re going to hep my fellow brothers and sisters in arms.”](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8521ffe/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1671+0+113/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9d%2Fe3%2Fb1f2fbc243ffa2e26becd13c1832%2F090623-bm-vet-homes-1.JPG)
