Councilor: Community input wanted on plan to replace Oxford Street Shelter

On Feb. 3, Portland's City Council will vote on a proposed 210-bed low-barrier shelter; councilors are also planning facilities for seniors and the mentally ill.

City seeing increased need for housing for homeless seniors

An Avesta Housing proposal for a facility on Brighton Avenue could help get the chronically homeless aged 55 and up get back on their feet, its development officer says.

Feds award nearly $14 million in grants to fight homelessness in Maine

Some of the Housing and Urban Development funds also will be used to connect residents with affordable housing programs and services.

Commentary: It’s time to house Maine people who are ill

Today, 30 percent of our resources are being spent on 1 percent of our population because they remain homeless.

Homeless advocates urge Lewiston to create public, overnight shelter

Maine's second-largest city does not give funding to its existing shelters.

Another View: Portland’s not perfect. But is it Potterville? Take another look.

A columnist who says that Maine's largest city is heartless paints with a broad brush.

Annual memorial vigil mourns deaths among homeless

More than 40 men and women who died this year are remembered in Portland as advocates urge community effort to end homelessness.

Maine Voices: Once a wonderful city, Portland is becoming Potterville

As the city becomes richer, it's turning its back on what attracted us to it in the first place.

Homeless shelter decisions pushed off until February

City struggles to house latest group of asylum seekers

Since Nov. 18, 188 new arrivals have no where to go during daytime hours.