Category: Housing & Homelessness

Human Stories Highlight Homelessness Summit

Shannon Bentley of the SPD’s Mental Health Unit tells the story of Tom, an unhoused man from Sanford, as Sgt. Colleen Adams and OPTIONS Clinician Lacey Bailey look on. Story and photos by Zendelle Bouchard At the summit on homelessness in York County held Monday, Dec. 11, state legislators and other local elected officials heard the stories of a few of the people who are currently unhoused in Sanford. The summit, held at the Sanford Performing Arts Center, featured a…
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Donations Are Needed at Warming Center

Warming Center at (previous) Lafayette School - Entrance is at the rear of the building. Photo: Sean Cogswell By Lee Burnett, Submissions Editor York County Shelters is appealing for donations of food and clothing for people staying at the warming center at the former Lafayette School. The donations would supplement existing services, which include basic meals, day beds called “zero gravity chairs,” case management and housing navigation, explained Bonnie Leslie, director of People, Culture and Engagement. “We are hoping restaurants…
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Homelessness Update from the City Manager

By Zendelle Bouchard At the City Council meeting on Dec. 5, 2023, City Manager Steve Buck reported on the upcoming York County Homelessness Forum as well as other issues relating to Sanford’s unhoused population. York County forum: Buck announced the details for the forum, which will take place at the Sanford Performing Arts Center on Dec. 11. The forum is being organized to present the latest statistics and information concerning homelessness to York County legislators, before they go back to…
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Warming Center Opens at Lafayette School 

York County Shelter Program staff, from left to right, Megan Gean-Gendron, Linda Pataki, Wes Phinney, Jason Tuttle and, in foreground, Jenna Kairoat the warming center at the former Lafayette School. The center will be staffed round the clock all winter.Photo: Lee Burnett  By Zendelle Bouchard The warming center at the former Lafayette School opened at noon on Friday, Dec. 1. The center, located at 69 Brook St., was originally scheduled to open in October, but delays with the lease and with…
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Thirty Families Apply for Latest Habitat Home

Amy Nucci, executive director, John Roberts, James Connally, development officer in front of Habitat for Humanity’s latest new home at 7 Normand Ave. Photo: Lee Burnett By Lee Burnett, Submissions editor Thirty families lined up to buy the latest home built by Habitat for Humanity in Sanford, an indicator of the lack of affordable housing in the region. The lucky winners are a single mother and her two children, who had been living in an apartment that was overcrowded and…
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