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Lowell shelter director urges more housing, funding as beds strain services
Summary
Isaiah Stevens, managing director of the Lowell Transitional Living Center, told the Lowell City nonprofit subcommittee the shelter is operating at capacity and seeks partnerships to expand supportive housing, maintenance funding and outreach to people who avoid services.
Isaiah Stevens, managing director of the Lowell Transitional Living Center (LTLC), told the Lowell City nonprofit organization subcommittee that his shelter is stretched thin and urged the city and regional partners to help expand supportive housing and funding.
Stevens, who said he started as a volunteer in 2016 and has been LTLC’s managing director for seven years, described LTLC as “the largest homeless shelter north of Boston,” operating from 193 Middlesex Street with a 90‑bed dorm (60 men, 30 women) and a winter overflow protocol that adds roughly 50–60 extra beds. “We serve not only the Merrimack Valley, but anybody, any homeless individual in the state,” he said.
The shelter provides three meals a day, on‑site services and…
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