Portland launches home share program to house asylum seekers as shelter deadline looms
July 18, 2023
Published by Maine Public | By Ari Snider
The city of Portland is encouraging area residents with spare rooms or guest apartments to consider renting to asylum seekers, as an Aug. 16 deadline to close a temporary shelter at the Expo looms.
The city is currently housing 77 asylum seeker families at the Expo — a total of about 250 people.
Most are from Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other countries in West and Central Africa.
Published by Saco Bay News | by Liz Gotthelf
Published by Maine Public | by Nicole Ogrysko
Published by Mainebiz | by Renee Cordes
Published by Portland Press Herald | by Kristen Kinchla and Carly Williams
