Residents of the upper floors of the Portland building have been without full power since a thunderstorm on Aug. 26.
Portland Housing Authority
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Some power restored at Franklin Towers apartments
The Portland Housing Authority said it expects permanent repairs, restoring full electricity to floors 7-16, to be completed in a week.
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Electricians restoring some power to Franklin Towers
Power has been out to floors 7-16 since Friday, but some electricity is now being restored to upper floors of the apartment building that houses older and disabled tenants.
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Portland Housing Authority scrambling to help Franklin Towers residents without power
Residents of floors 7 through 16 in the high-rise, which houses older people and those living with disabilities, have been without electricity since Friday.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Portland Housing Authority joins effort to encourage landlord participation in voucher program
The Portland Housing Authority is participating in the statewide Landlord Participation Incentive Program aimed at increasing the availability of housing for recipients of federal Housing Choice Vouchers. The program, created by MaineHousing and Maine’s public housing authorities, encourages private market landlords to participate in the federal voucher system by providing them with security deposits for […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster
Portland nonprofit hopes for federal funds to expand child care, create housing
Youth and Family Outreach is hoping to secure some of Cumberland County’s federal pandemic relief aid to build a new child care center and affordable housing with the Portland Housing Authority.
Posted inPortland Forecaster
Portland program gives former foster care kids a leg up after aging out
The Portland Housing Authority’s Foster Youth Independence program has helped 30 young adults find housing since last June and it continues to assist them in setting and achieving goals.
Posted inBill Nemitz, Local & State, News, Op-eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: True grit – from public housing to a scholarship that bears her name
Local housing authorities, normally associated with putting a roof over low-income Mainers’ heads, help ‘break the cycle of poverty’ by way of a college education.