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As Maine pursues housing projects for new immigrants, advocates call for long-term solutions

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Hundreds of new immigrants are staying in motels as emergency shelter. MaineHousing has agreed to provide at least two years of rental assistance. 130 units have been approved or are under construction that will be reserved specifically for asylum seekers in southern Maine. Some groups say they're trying to break the cycle of moving from one funding cliff to the next.
Published 2 months ago · Maine, United States

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As Maine pursues housing projects for new immigrants, advocates call for long-term solutions

In a residential neighborhood at the former Naval Air Station in Brunswick, dump trucks and cement mixers lumbered across a construction site earlier this month, as workers prepared to pour a foundation for a 12-unit apartment building The company running this project is Developers Collaborative, and the plan is to build 60 rental units that will initially be reserved for asylum seekers. Company founder Kevin Bunker said MaineHousing has agreed …

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As Maine pursues housing projects for new immigrants, local groups call for more long term solutions

MaineHousing is helping fund several developments in southern Maine that will be reserved initially for asylum seeker families, but advocates say it won't be enough to fully address the housing challenges of new immigrants.

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