homeless

Published
April 10, 2022

America’s homeless ranks are aging as more retire on streets

Academics project their numbers will nearly triple over the next decade, challenging policy makers to imagine new ideas for sheltering the last of the baby boomers as they get older, sicker and less able to pay spiraling rents.
Published
March 16, 2022

Homeless in Cumberland County: No easy solution in sight for ‘complex problem’

Before the homeless crisis can be solved, the extent of the problem has to be defined, especially in areas like the Lakes Region that lack resources.
Published
January 17, 2022

Three adults, two children displaced when fire destroys Skowhegan home

About 40 firefighters from several towns responded to a fire at 15 Cedar Ridge Drive, only a couple of hundred feet from Cedar Ridge Center, a nursing and rehabilitation facility.
Published
January 13, 2022

Housing offered to 150 former residents of Boston tent city

Mayor Michelle Wu says no one was forcibly removed or arrested when the city took down a homeless encampment Wednesday.
Published
December 24, 2021

Our View: Christmas a good time to remember that homelessness is solvable

We have the tools to give people safe, stable housing. We just have to use them.
Published
August 11, 2021

Portland adds summer meeting to review shelter proposal, other projects

Critics worry that officials are fast-tracking a plan to build a 200-bed homeless services center in Riverton to outmaneuver a citizen initiative designed to block it, but city officials say the project is proceeding on its normal course.
Published
July 20, 2021

Council moves forward with homeless services center plans

Portland city councilors agree to have a developer continue its work in spite of calls for it to wait until November when a measure to mandate smaller shelters could be on the ballot.
Published
June 16, 2021

Initiative to limit size of homeless shelters in Portland gets on November ballot

The proposal would limit most new emergency shelters to 50 beds, while making other changes to standards new shelters must meet.
Published
May 26, 2021

Portland officials say fall referendum may be too late to block homeless shelter

City officials believe they can build a 200-bed homeless services center in Riverton even if a citizen initiative meant to derail the project gets on the ballot and is approved by voters in November.
Published
May 4, 2021

Advocates hit streets for smaller homeless shelters in Portland

The group wants new shelters capped at 50 beds and is working to put a question before voters in November.