asylum seekers

Published
January 25, 2023

Westbrook coalition grapples with short-term solutions for homelessness

Affordable housing projects are planned for down the road, but meeting immediate and near-future needs is challenging.
Published
January 18, 2023

Clarence Page: Has Biden bungled the border crisis? He’s not alone

President Biden has been slow to move on the border issues that have led to asylum seekers being bused north by Republican governors. But the mess at the border crosses party lines, even if the solutions don’t.
Published
December 27, 2022

‘Room at the inn’: Falmouth congregation takes in asylum-seeking families

Greater Portland Family Promise has been working with area congregations to shelter asylum-seeking families for two weeks at a time.
Published
December 27, 2022

New year, new upgrades in store for Cultivating Community farm

A solar power project will begin soon at Falmouth Land Trust's Hurricane Valley Farm, where more than 50 families of New Mainers grow food, and a fundraising campaign is underway to renovate a dilapidated barn.
Published
December 22, 2022

Scarborough hotel could shelter unhoused into February

The Comfort Inn now has 23 rooms occupied by shelter residents out of the previous 69.
Published
December 21, 2022

New year could bring evictions for many renters in Westbrook

More than 200 Westbrook households and hundreds of asylum seekers will be impacted when federal rent assistance ends.
Published
December 21, 2022

Tens of thousands at U.S.-Mexico border wait for limits to end

Migrants along the U.S. border with Mexico sought shelter from the cold early as restrictions that prevented many from seeking asylum in the U.S. remained in place beyond their anticipated end.
Published
December 14, 2022

South Portland considers new zoning for homeless shelters to ward off tax increase

The city manager warns of a tax increase of 6% to more than 20% if local hotels keep operating as shelters.
Published
December 12, 2022

New projects may soon begin to ease housing burden for asylum seekers

Up to 175 units may be available in three communities by spring, with some expected to open as early as this month.
Published
December 7, 2022

‘It’s overwhelming’: Westbrook faces potential surge of homeless

Local churches, residents and city officials are working to prepare as federal funding for rent assistance and for sheltering asylum seekers ends Jan. 1.