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Portland’s unhoused are mostly sheltered, but housing is sparse [Video]

Portland’s 250-person homeless shelter is near-capacity, but most of the unhoused people there don’t have a housing option to move to.

PORTLAND, Maine — It’s been one month since Portland cleared its last large homeless encampment. After that sweep, many unhoused residents said they were considering using the Homeless Services Center (HSC) off Riverside Street.

The HSC was once criticized for being too high a barrier. After collaboration between the city and the nonprofit members of the encampment crisis response team, many of those barriers were workshopped. And while some of the barriers still exist, unhoused residents started to use the facility as the winter weather set in.

The addition of Portland’s newly-elected Mayor Mark Dion enforcing the existing ordinance, that if shelter space is open camping is illegal, made more people consider shelter.

“I think the focus right now is going to be: how do we get people out of the shelter into transitional housing?” Mayor Dion said. 

Dion said it was good that …

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Charities webinar - Contract exposure: managing risks in legally binding agreements [Video]

On Wednesday 11 May, Edward Bouckley delivered the next webinar in our charities bite size series. In the webinar Edward looked at some of the key aspects of managing risk when entering into commercial contracts. He discussed:• What risk management is.• What risk is and why properly managing it is so important to charities.• Some of the ways risks can be managed in contacts.Edward also looked at some of the steps that you can take to better protect your charity when entering into contractual arrangements.Here are the timestamps to help guide you through this webinar:0:52 Birketts at a glance1:18 What we will cover today2:09 What is risk management?3:07 What is risk and why is it important?3:59 Contractual risk5:58 Identifying risk10:05 Written contracts11:34 Assessing Risk13:10 The danger of "pre-contractual" agreements14:27 A cautionary tale16:21 Rights and obligations17:51 Risk - allocating and controlling18:48 Transferring risk: indemnities20:00 Controlling risk: limitation of liability21:29 Practical tips23:18 QuestionsThe webinar ended with a Q&A. Disclaimer: The content of this webinar is for general information only. It is not, and should not be taken as, legal advice. If you require any further information in relation to this webinar please contact us in the first instance. Law covered as at May 2022. Meet our expert, Edward Bouckley: https://www.birketts.co.uk/our-lawyers/norwich/edward-bouckleyContact us at: https://www.birketts.co.uk/contact-usSign up to future webinars: https://www.birketts.co.uk/events​​​​ To ensure that you are invited to future webinars and receive our newsletters please opt in to our mailing lists and select the appropriate areas of interest. https://www.birketts.co.uk/register