Life-threatening cold temperatures expected Friday and Saturday will put unhoused people at risk. Members of the South Parish Congregational Church are scrambling to ensure an overflow space is available for the overnight warming center if needed.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
2023: Androscoggin County funds emergency warming shelter in Lewiston
Auburn and Lewiston pursuing options to help unhoused population during winter months, including a program at Calvary United Methodist Church on Sabattus Street.
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Posted inMaine, 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 inLewiston-Auburn, News
Lewiston council approves stricter ordinance on public camping
The ordinance change, which officials said came in response to safety issues related to homeless encampments, will not go into effect until April 1, 2023.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Auburn council postpones Planning Board review of homeless shelter zoning
Several people argued that as policymakers, the City Council should decide where and how homeless shelters should be allowed in Auburn.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, News, Op-Eds, Opinion
Everyone wants a warm home. Here’s how you can help.
While officials sit around tables discussing what to do, the homeless are living it. These are people who, for whatever reason, are now living on the street, are desperate for warmth, food and safety. The same things we all want. The things we all should have, but don’t.
Posted inNation / World, News
Biden aims to cut homelessness 25% by 2025
The 100-plus-page plan, which officials said includes input from communities around the country and feedback from hundreds of unhoused people, comes as homelessness in the nation reaches crisis levels.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
One family, grateful to be under the same roof, is still separated
Among all the challenges of being homeless, the inability to cook their own meal and enjoy it together might seem small. But for the tight-knit family, it’s everything.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
‘It’s harder on my children’: Family struggles to find a place to call home
Father of three says his family has been constantly on the move as he tries to save money from his job for a permanent place to live.