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Council advances $275,000 placeholder for homeless-services discussion; shelter and warming-center costs debated
Summary
Councilors debated a request tied to Cadence Kitchen and a Lewiston emergency shelter; after extensive discussion they moved $275,000 into the FY26 supplemental considerations while asking staff for more detailed cost and operational data.
Auburn councilors spent a large portion of their March 24 workshop debating whether and how much to fund homeless services after a multi-city request for operational money for a proposed emergency shelter in Lewiston.
Cadence Kitchen had asked Auburn, Lewiston and Androscoggin County for operational grants to support a shelter that received capital funding from Maine Housing but had not secured full operating support. The request to Auburn was $400,000. Councilors and staff reviewed operating-cost estimates: staff cited a regional per-bed cost average of about $102 per night and noted Maine’s…
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