MaineHousing gave out $1.4 million in grants to open overnight warming shelters. Many are filling up every night – and some are running out of money.
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No major encampments are left in Portland. So what’s next for the city’s homelessness task force?
The Encampment Crisis Response Team was formed to respond to an acute encampment crisis. Now that those camps are gone the future of the group is in limbo.
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Number of unsheltered people in Scarborough has declined
About six people are living outside along the Payne Road Corridor, according to a town report.
Posted inNation & World, News
Supreme Court to review restrictions on homeless encampments
The justices will review a lower court decision that declared it unconstitutional to enforce anti-camping laws against homeless individuals when they have nowhere else to sleep.
Posted inTimes Record
Brunswick library to host discussion with expert in health care for the unhoused
Curtis Memorial Library in collaboration with All Saints Parish presents the last installment of the Rough Sleepers Community Read & Program Series, featuring Dr. Jim O’Connell, president of Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program and assistant professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. The event is at 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18, at Curtis […]
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Opinion: Councilors insult everyone working to deal with Portland encampments
Pelletier and Trevorrow focus on bias to the detriment of real solutions to the city’s homeless crisis.
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Portland clears Harbor View encampment despite protest
The city cleared its largest remaining homeless encampment Tuesday morning. City staff have said there are enough beds at the shelter for those living at the camp.
Posted inMaine, News
Augusta to use $75,000 in ARPA funds for cleanup of homeless encampments
The city has spent just over $33,000 cleaning up encampments since April.
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Portland again postpones Harbor View encampment sweep
The city decided to delay clearing the encampment until Tuesday, when it also will clear a smaller encampment on Douglas Street.
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Portland remembers 45 members of the homeless community on the longest night of the year
Ushering in winter and bitter cold, over 100 people gathered for a vigil to memorialize 45 members of the homeless community who died in 2023 and call for change.