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The system of five privately-run low-barrier shelters is facing an annual deficit of nearly $4 million.
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Portland officials said they have not yet set a date to clear the Harbor View encampment, but the Maine Department of Transportation said it will ask some people within a certain area under the Casco Bay Bridge to move on Dec. 11.
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Some saw the proposal as a good first step for the city to address a growing crisis, while others viewed it as the wrong approach at the wrong time.
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After years of planning and debate, a new homeless shelter was unveiled in the outskirts of Portland Wednesday. The 208-bed Homeless Services Center will provide meals, day space, outside space, and wraparound services such as medical, dental, and psychiatric care.
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As more than a dozen entities prepare to use state emergency funds to open and expand overnight warming shelters for the remaining weeks of winter, officials in Auburn say plans to get a shelter of their own up and running have fallen through.
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MaineHousing will funnel at least a portion of new emergency funds, worth up to $21 million, to communities across the state to expand existing overnight shelters and warming centers or open new ones this winter.
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The center will be open from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. and will initially have capacity for about 20 residents.
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An encampment of homeless people that has occupied Portland's City Hall Plaza for more than two weeks could disperse soon.Leaders say that the protest…
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The Portland mayor and a pair of city councilors held a "listening session" Wednesday morning with dozens of the city's homeless population who have…
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Daily life has changed drastically as Mainers take steps to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. Preparing and maintaining needed services for homeless…