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Carolyn Fish was still living in a tent along the bank of the Penobscot River during the first November snowfall of 2017. When a trio of Bangor police officers stopped by her campsite to ask if she needed help finding a place inside for the winter, she greeted them by name. In the roughly four years since the fallout from an abusive relationship left her without a job or home in Bangor, Fish had developed a familiar rapport with the various police and homeless outreach workers she’d met as she cycled through apartments, shelters, campsites, motel rooms and, a few times, jail. Even though many of these same people repeatedly tried to help her find housing, she returned to living outside.