Non-government entities can manage helping the city’s homeless in a more cost-effective manner.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Federal housing policies make a bad situation worse
HUD secretary Ben Carson’s response to a lack of housing is to triple rents for the very poorest Americans.
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Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Story omitted vital details of hearing on new homeless shelter
The Portland Press Herald missed the mark in its coverage of the July 10 City Council hearing concerning the proposal to build a 200-bed homeless shelter on the Barron Center campus. Among the many people who spoke in opposition to this proposal were members of the homeless community and residents of Bayside, all of whom, […]
Posted inMaine, News
Business donations allow Portland to extend its jobs-for-panhandlers program
The Portland Opportunity Crew was deemed a success in its first year but would have run out of money this month without the $13,000 in contributions.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Editorial misstates concerns with Portland’s homelessness proposal
Moving the shelter from Bayside could make another part of the city more dangerous if it’s not properly planned.
Posted inMaine, News
A Portland neighborhood asks: Why build city shelter here?
Worried about the raft of trouble they see downtown, residents of Nason’s Corner are angry over plans for a new 200-bed homeless facility there.
Posted inMaine, News
A history of Nason’s Corner
Part of Westbrook in the 1800s, the farmland had been home to an almshouse for the poor when it was annexed by Portland.
Posted inMaine, News
Nason’s Corner group opposes homeless shelter
The group sent a letter to city officials Saturday outlining their objections to a 200-bed shelter in their neighborhood.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Homeless shelter is not the source of increasing crime problem in Bayside
Relieving pressure on the system by moving it would solve problems, not create them.
Posted inMaine, News
Critics of plan for Portland’s homeless push for several smaller shelters, rather than one at Barron Center
But service providers say the plan would be a big improvement over the city’s leased shelter on Oxford Street.