When the first guests arrive next week, the new shelter will provide meals, healthcare, and psychiatric and substance abuse programs, as well as beds for people to sleep in, officials said. People slept on the floor on mats at a smaller emergency shelter that is being replaced.
GOVERNMENT RULES LAST WILD ATLANTIC SALMON IN COUNTRY CAN COEXIST WITH MAINE'S HYDROELECTRIC DAMS
The $25 million project's completion comes at a time when the U.S. faces record numbers of people coming to the Mexico border seeking asylum.
A 218-bed homeless shelter is opening in Maine's largest city.
Portland has welcomed about 780 asylum seekers to the city so far this year, a city spokesperson said Wednesday.
The Portland City Council selected the Riverton neighborhood for the shelter in 2019 despite concerns that it is several miles from downtown. Special shuttles will operate seven days a week, officials said.