emergency housing

More than 1,000 are being housed in some type of emergency shelter setting by the City of Portland, Maine. More than 700 of those people are asylum seekers waiting for a permanent place to live, and a number of them are living in 10 hotels spread across five cities and towns. All of this is costing Portland, the only municipality…

There are more than 730 asylum seekers receiving housing in Portland. Between that and those experiencing homelessness, the city is spending well over budget on emergency housing.