The complaint filed in Spokane County Superior Court challenges city ordinances that make camping, sitting, or lying on public property misdemeanor crimes in certain circumstances.
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Posted inSouth Portland Sentry
South Portland council declines to pursue proposed transitional housing plan for former school building
Zoning ordinances must be reexamined to allow for such facilities in the city, and councilors say they are open to exploring that option.
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Posted inTimes Record
Tedford Housing gets $10,000 grant to boost emergency shelter effort
The $10,000 in funding will be put toward Tedford’s proposed emergency housing facility that will consolidate the services currently provided in two separate Brunswick shelters.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier
Biddeford closes downtown homeless encampment, opens overnight shelters
The City of Biddeford officially shut a Water Street encampment Monday morning.
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Biddeford clears homeless encampments, opens temporary shelter
City officials say people will no longer be allowed to camp on city property, but some people who have been living at a large encampment say they won’t go to the shelter, where the city is providing zero-gravity chairs to sleep in while the building is being renovated.
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After 2 long years, couple who lived in a van finally found a place to call home. They thought they’d be there together.
Roger and Jeanie Cannell spent years moving between a van at a highway service plaza, shelters and hotels. They finally found a place to call home. Then he got sicker.
Posted inOpinion
Opinion: Court decision elevates municipal concerns over those of homeless people
Maine’s best guarantee of thwarting a crisis of homeless people is to make sure every municipality has a plan to offer emergency shelter.
Posted inLocal & State
Immediate changes unlikely in Maine in wake of Supreme Court homeless ruling
Advocates for homeless people in Maine decried Friday’s ruling and encouraged the states leaders to focus on the root causes of homelessness rather than adopt policies that criminalize or punish people for a lack of housing.
Posted inLocal & State
At Longest Day Of Homelessness sit-in, organizers advocate for more shelter
The annual event is held each June around the summer solstice to draw attention to the issues homeless people face in the summer.
Posted inTimes Record
Bath softball tournament steps to plate to raise funds for homeless vets, nonprofits
A new summer softball tournament to raise funds for multiple homeless veteran organizations is happening this weekend at the softball fields in Bath.