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2023 Legislative Update

  • Maine legislative committees are holding meetings next few week to begin the session, or some soon there after.
  • The Governor released a draft budget that includes $30 million to expand affordable rental housing options for workers and their families through equal funding to the Rural Affordable Rental Housing Program and the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program. More here.
  • The Revisor's Office will be releasing language for proposed legislation soon and MAHC will share relevant items. 
  • REMDINDER: You can sign up to receive notices of meetings and opportunities to testify for the Joint Select Committee on Housing  here, or the permanent Labor and Housing Committee page is also updated with this information. Feel free to reach out to members to share our priorities to address housing, and thank them for their service on these committees. MAHC will share specific asks and talking points to reach out to them over the coming weeks and months as the legislative session moves forward.
 
 
Long-Range Planning for Health Equity and Prosperity using The Tools of Law and Policy -  January 18, 1-3 pm - Brought to you by AARP Maine
 

HUD 2022 Annual Homeless Assessment Report Finds Unsheltered Homelessness on the Rise

HUD has released the 2022 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR), Part 1, which provides estimates of homelessness in the U.S. The 2022 report estimates that approximately 582,500 people were experiencing homelessness on a single night in 2022, which represents a slight .3% increase from 2020. The increase was driven by a rise in unsheltered homelessness, or people living in places not meant for human habitation, such as streets, parks, vehicles, or abandoned buildings. According to the report, unsheltered homelessness increased by 3.4% (7,752 people) between 2020 and 2022. At the same time, sheltered homelessness fell by 1.6%. Among people experiencing homelessness, 60% were staying in sheltered locations, while 40% were staying in unsheltered locations. Read more of this article here
 
 
Find a New MAHC Member? Get a Gift. 
We are launching a new MAHC membership promotion. If you help MAHC recruit a new member in 2023, you can get a free MAHC water bottle, and the sincerest thanks from the MAHC Board, and the thousands of Maine people that need a home.
Check out our membership list here and reach out to let us know who is missing that might be interested in a MAHC membership.
You can invite them to try out membership by attending a MAHC member event with you. Simply let MAHC know who you will be bringing here.
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