kathryn13 t1_j0ccnfb wrote on December 15, 2022 at 4:53 PM

Reply to comment by roamingforever in Police from Maine city drive woman to Manchester homeless shelter where there's no room by rabblebowser

I'm grateful she had the balls to walk into the Mayor's office. We need to know this stuff is going on. We also need a coordinated statewide response so those working on the issue aren't inundated by individuals from towns who are not working on solving the issue.

roamingforever t1_j0cfpoa wrote on December 15, 2022 at 5:13 PM

One thing I’m confused about is how the shelter is full? I’m just speaking of my time there, but even if they were full they’d send people to the other shelters in town, and they never turned women away. Things have clearly changed but I wonder why? It’s essentially a giant room where people sleep on mats, there’s bunks upstairs but that’s first come first serve. and if someone came in like that they may not have a bunk but there was always a mat for them. Honestly if I were her I’d have called the police for help at that point, clearly things have only gotten worse there