Maine housing advocates applaud court decision banning restrictions on homelessness funding

By: Eesha Pendharkar

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: April 4, 2026

Words: 592

Last Updated: 3 months, 4 weeks ago

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In a move housing advocates are calling a temporary win, a U.S. Appeals Court rejected the federal government’s effort to impose restrictions on housing funds that help more than a thousand homeless people in Maine remain in stable housing.

“We talk a lot about numbers, but each number is a human being … and they are going through one of the hardest times of their lives,” said Dan Hodgkins, vice president of social work at …

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