State efforts to build more affordable housing will take time. We can’t allow Mainers to suffer in the meantime.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine makes headway on housing, but crisis still grows
State efforts to build more affordable housing will take time. We can’t allow Mainers to suffer in the meantime.
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Posted inLocal & State, News
Homelessness in Maine: In search of solutions
Cities, towns and the state are struggling to find answers. Some may already exist.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Proposed homelessness bill supported at state hearing
The bill would establish a funding source for supportive services, develop housing for state’s chronically homeless.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Leaders hustle as deadlines approach for Lewiston’s first low-barrier, emergency homeless shelter
A detailed plan must be submitted in May and, if approved, the new shelter needs to be up and running by October.
Posted inLocal & State
State awards $4 million for proposed 280-bed emergency shelter in Portland
The nonprofit Center for Regional Prosperity is collaborating with developers to convert a Blueberry Road site into a 280-bed facility.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Scenes from the affordable housing crisis
Rising rents and home prices are being felt across Maine – and forcing many Mainers to make difficult, costly and life-altering compromises.
Posted inLocal & State, 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 inLocal & State, News
End of rental assistance program hinders agencies’ ability to help those facing homelessness
The Opportunity Alliance is still trying to help hundreds of renters and temporary hotel guests who are losing federal rental assistance just as winter arrives.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
State looks to release plan for extra heating assistance this week
Winter’s not even begun, but more than 33,100 households in Maine have applied for help with heating bills so far this season, an 18.6% increase over the same time last year.