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A homeless encampment in Harbor View Memorial Park in Portland, Maine, on Dec. 16, 2023 before the city ordered the campsite dismantled and its inhabitants moved into a city-run shelter. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times
PORTLAND, Maine—For 36-year-old Sheena, every day has been a struggle since she and her husband wound up homeless on the streets of Portland—Maine’s largest city on the Atlantic coastline—five months ago.
The couple had been “kicked out” of a motel after two years, though they “never once got in trouble,” she said.