What’s Happening
In addition to its mailing list, Progressive Portland maintains an active social media presence.
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4 hours ago ·
Mike, Curtis, and Courtney are among the many staff members working hard to make sure our Shelter stays open, welcoming, and safe for our neighbors who are homeless. Courtney usually works on our HOME Team program, but is pitching in during this crisis. Mike and Curtis have each worked in the Shelter for over 30 years! ❤️ ... See MoreSee Less
10 hours ago ·
Maybe the City of Portland, Maine, the mayor, city manager and city councilors, are waiting for Governor Janet Mills to act to protect renters?
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11 hours ago ·
In Ohio, Hamilton county (Cincinnati is in Hamilton county) is ponying up $1M to shelter homeless people in hotels.
City of Portland, Maine has hotels, we hear.
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1 day ago ·
City of Portland, Maine is right here: Walk to a park near your home.
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1 day ago ·
Rent freeze for business and residential renters is not unreasonable, City of Portland, Maine. And as The Bangor Daily News notes, other cities are already doing it.
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1 day ago ·
This is good, healthcare workers need safe shelter, but homeless Portlanders need safe shelter too. And the City of Portland, Maine closed the Oxford Street Shelter and family shelter to people newly in need.
Other cities are sheltering homeless people hin otel rooms, where quarantines can be maintained, and where transmission of the coronavirus can be mitigated.
Portland has hotel rooms, and Governor Janet Mills has shut down lodging operations (running hotels) except for, among other other needs, sheltering homeless people.
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2 days ago ·
New Haven, CT is working with hotel owners to shelter that city's homeless and to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.
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3 days ago ·
Kansas City, MO is paying to place homeless people in hotel rooms to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.
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3 days ago ·
Hotels in Minneapolis/Saint Paul have started sheltering homeless people "in order to remove them from their previous congregate living settings where the spread of COVID-19 would have been more likely."
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3 days ago ·