Officials are on track to vote on the new ordinance in September.
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Lewiston council debates new homeless shelter ordinance
LEWISTON — City officials are getting closer to implementing new regulations on homeless shelters but city councilors remain far apart on a few issues. The proposed shelter ordinance was drafted by city staff working in tandem with an ad hoc shelter committee, which produced a report on the extent of the homelessness issue in Lewiston, […]
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Posted inThe Franklin Journal
Affordable housing, shelter space coming to Farmington through federal funds
Western Maine Community Action was awarded nearly $7 million from the American Rescue Plan Act to convert two properties to affordable housing and emergency shelter for housing-insecure people.
Posted inLocal & State, News
‘Nobody would choose this’: A turnpike rest area and a van become home for one Maine family
Jeanie Cannell, her husband and his daughter have lived at the Kennebunk travel plaza on the Maine Turnpike for three months, unable to find affordable housing, even though two of them work full-time.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Shelter report to be presented to the Lewiston City Council
The 46-page report is expected to provide data on the city’s existing homeless population and shelters, provide a look at what other cities are doing, and incorporate public feedback in a set of recommendations for the council.
Posted inLocal & State
Portland policy aims to improve response to homeless camps on public property
Under the policy, staff will not require the removal of campsites on city property when emergency shelters are full, and a plan will be in place for personal belongings to be recovered when camps are removed.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation / World, News
South Portland hotels will continue housing homeless individuals
The hotels’ owner planned to stop the state-contracted service by the end of the month, but efforts to open an alternative emergency shelter have failed.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Former homeless women share perspectives with Lewiston Shelter Committee
The second public listening session included a Sabattus resident and a university student.
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Portland officials push state for coordination of services for asylum seekers
As state housing officials make plans for a temporary emergency shelter for homeless people in Portland and long-term housing for asylum seekers in three communities, Portland’s mayor and interim city manager say statewide coordination is also needed.
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Police investigate stabbing at Auburn homeless encampment
Wounded man treated at a local hospital and released.