Joyce was expecting her third child. She had endured trauma at her workplace and was unable to return to work. The family eventually fell behind in rent and was on the verge of losing their housing. As winter set in, Debra lived in a mobile home in Waldoboro with no heat, running water or electricity. […]
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Portland shaken over recent killings of homeless people
Friends of Bethany Kelley and Nicholas ‘Wolf’ Gardner continue to look for answers in their deaths. Advocates worry there aren’t enough resources to help as deaths among homeless people continue to rise.
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Posted inLocal & State, News
MaineHousing will spend $21 million on winter, long-term shelter for Maine homeless
The state housing authority has issued RFPs to provide overnight warming shelters this winter, and other long-term solutions for next winter and beyond.
Posted inLocal & State
Homeless in Maine: Struggling to survive even with a paying job
Those who interact most closely with the homeless say it’s a misconception that they don’t want to work or try to help themselves.
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Scarborough hotel could shelter unhoused into February
The Comfort Inn now has 23 rooms occupied by shelter residents out of the previous 69.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, News
A bus for a home: ‘If it’s cold, I’m up checking on the heater all night long’
Single father of two is slowly turning a bus into a home for his family. Up next, when his disability check allows: a shower.
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Scarborough schools feeding those sheltering at hotel after funding ran out
The Scarborough School Department is providing two meals a day to the unhoused people sheltering at the Comfort Inn on Route 1 because state funding for that service ran out, according to Town Manager Tom Hall. The School Department was “very quick to step up, almost without question,” Hall said Tuesday at a Town Council […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
‘It’s overwhelming’: Westbrook faces potential surge of homeless
Local churches, residents and city officials are working to prepare as federal funding for rent assistance and for sheltering asylum seekers ends Jan. 1.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Vermont city’s shelter pods for homeless delayed until January
During the pandemic, Burlington has seen an explosion in the number of chronically homeless people.
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Scarborough faces decision on hotel shelter
The Comfort Inn is violating the town’s licensing conditions requiring on-site social services, which are no longer being provided because state funding ended.