homelessness
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2024
Preble Street’s housing-first program serves as model for helping homeless Mainers
Rapid Rehousing aims to move people out of homelessness directly into long-term dwellings by working with landlords who will rent to people who don't meet the traditional requirements.
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PublishedFebruary 22, 2024
Portland’s emergency warming shelter is asking state for more funding to stay open
The city has no backup option if Greater Portland Peer Services, the nonprofit running the shelter, cannot keep it open. The organization has requested an additional $200,000 from MaineHousing to continue operations through March.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2024
Portland City Council votes 9-0 to approve new housing program for homeless
The plan to put homeless people directly into long-term housing was passed as a one-year pilot and will be put into action immediately. The council also voted unanimously to continue the expanded shelter capacity until June 3.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2024
Portland council will vote on program to get homeless people directly into housing
The HOPE program would aim to get people living on the street into a house without a stop at the shelter.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2024
Brunswick shelter awarded $16,000 in federal funding for housing
Tedford Housing was among a host of Maine organizations awarded a slice of $20.9 million through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to address homelessness.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2024
Topsham nonprofit looking for host homes to take in unhoused youth
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2024
Opinion: Portland is better with people sheltered inside
Our city's response to the crisis of homelessness has been working. Let's keep going.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2024
Warming shelters take in hundreds as temperatures drop in southern Maine
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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PublishedJanuary 27, 2024
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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PublishedJanuary 25, 2024
Number of unsheltered people in Scarborough has declined
About six people are living outside along the Payne Road Corridor, according to a town report.
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