homelessness
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PublishedDecember 21, 2022
On longest night of the year, Portland gathers to remember lives lost in homeless community
Fifty-one people who experienced homelessness and died in 2022 were memorialized at the annual Homeless Persons' Memorial Vigil.
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PublishedDecember 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.
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PublishedDecember 19, 2022
Biden aims to cut homelessness 25% by 2025
The 100-plus-page plan, which officials said includes input from communities around the country and feedback from hundreds of unhoused people, comes as homelessness in the nation reaches crisis levels.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2022
‘It’s harder on my children’: Family struggles to find a place to call home
Father of three says his family has been constantly on the move as he tries to save money from his job for a permanent place to live.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2022
End of rental assistance program hinders agencies’ ability to help those facing homelessness
The Opportunity Alliance is still trying to help hundreds of renters and temporary hotel guests who are losing federal rental assistance just as winter arrives.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2022
Maine Voices: Statewide crisis of homelessness demands an immediate response
While faith communities have been working with municipalities and nonprofits to alleviate the desperation, state leadership is required to solve widespread suffering this winter.
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PublishedNovember 20, 2022
With winter arriving, the idea of an emergency homeless shelter may be on ice
With an initial goal of getting some kind of shelter up and running by Jan. 1, local government officials are at an impasse over funding.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2022
Lewiston taking action on homeless encampments
Encampments of unhoused people have been subject to recent enforcement action in both Lewiston and Auburn, leading some advocates and officials to call for alternate solutions that can house more people before winter.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2022
Our View: Emergency interventions on homelessness bound to have flaws
This deep into the crisis, this late in the year, inaction on providing shelter to Mainers in need is not an option.
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PublishedOctober 17, 2022
Auburn officials pitch modular housing units to address homelessness
The proposal would bring 24 “Pallet boxes” to either Lewiston or Auburn for the winter.
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