Last updated Mar 29, 2023 3 Comments 0

City of Portland, Oxford Street Shelter for Men

Address
203 Oxford Street
Portland, ME - 04101

Contact
(207) 761-2072
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Open 24 hours a day.
129 bed emergency shelter for men 18 and over, services include housing placement assistance, mental health services, substance abuse services, police on-site for safety. Toiletries, linen, emergency supplies and community referrals available. They have beds for women but very limited.

From the greyhound station, go right on St. Johns St, Right on Park Ave, and Park Ave turns into Portland St. Go left at the end of Portland St, and Right on Oxford St.

Shelters near City of Portland, Oxford Street Shelter for Men

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Preble Street Resource Center

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Milestone Foundation Emergency Shelter

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If you have stayed in this shelter, how was your stay?

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Ok

Answer posted on May 10, 2021 0
Good

Answer posted on Sep 7, 2021 0
Nightmare

Answer posted on Jan 1, 2022 0

Is this a safe shelter to stay in?

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Yes, but people will always try to steal from you.

Answer posted on May 18, 2021 0
Yes

Answer posted on Sep 7, 2021 0
I was safe... Find a "shelter-buddy" to watch your stuff and watch theirs (while in bathroom or shower, etc.). This has both men and women, since the Florence House Women's Shelter (Preble Street) only holds 40 people. During COVID the population has been limited to 75. We have a few hundred homeless adults in hotel rooms funded through FEMA.

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Do they accept pets at this shelter?

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No

Answer posted on Jul 10, 2021 0

Do you have any advice for those wanting to stay at this shelter?

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Always, always, always keep everything you own by your side. Do not trust anyone unless you know them well.

Answer posted on May 18, 2021 0
Find any other option the staff does know the Policies at all

Answer posted on Aug 11, 2021 0
Bring warm clothes in the winter

Answer posted on Sep 7, 2021 0
Get to know another shelter resident that you can trust, as the other individual can trust you.

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How long can you stay here?

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As long as it takes

Answer posted on May 10, 2021 0
No limit... One of my says was for nearly three years. They now work to address needs and housing efforts using a long term stayers model (for about 3 or 4 years). Individual cases are reviewed on a by-name list weekly to find the barrier to a housing placement. A service provider (organization that is part of long term stayers group) is assigned to each individual to work on addressing the pertinent issue. Several hundred have been housed and 90 percent have retained that housing to date.

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3 Comments

Orlando
Jan 22, 2019Reply

At Lancaster street, GA building... Not allowed to sleep because staff continue to wake those who fall asleep in an unauthorized mannor, (in more than one seat... Even if those seats are unused! Absolutely bull!
Sia
Feb 21, 2019Reply

The problem with the homeless people is the space but most importantly the counselors who set there and collect a pay check when they dont help no body to try to get off the streets except african immigrants and most there are african who dont even english its sad and the American staff that work see it as as many homeless people that sign up for there help they get money for thru socail security but they dont help them at all its really corrupt there im glad that there is something coming to light but theres a lot thats untold.
Ela
Aug 21, 2020Reply

The shelter needs staff that speak clear English when answering phones. Also staff need to completely clean and sanitize the common areas on a daily basis and check everyone for scabies on a daily basis upon entering the shelter, just like for Covid. Scabies are a real problem at all these shelters and this is just one of them that has a high occurence of it.