Danielle West and two other panelists spoke for nearly 2 hours about the challenges of the homelessness crisis at a University of New England forum Wednesday.
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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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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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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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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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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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Topsham nonprofit looking for host homes to take in unhoused youth
Topsham-based Housing Resources for Youth is looking for host homes in school districts RSU 1, SAD 75 and Brunswick to take in unhoused youths. Host homes are especially needed during the cold winter months. “Whether they’re sleeping in a shelter, on someone’s couch, in a car or under an overpass, these kids lack the necessities […]
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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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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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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.