Affordable housing
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PublishedMarch 17, 2023
As enrollment grows, Maine community colleges look at options for housing students
Enrollment in Maine's community colleges is up 12% since the state created a free tuition program, but student housing is falling short of demand at many campuses.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2023
Report finds affordable housing unavailable for more than half of Maine’s poorest renters
A national study released Thursday says the crisis extends to every state, and Maine actually fares better than others.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2023
New affordable housing complex for older Mainers opens in Old Orchard Beach
The developer behind the project, The Szanton Company, scrapped a similar project in Cape Elizabeth after significant pushback prompted a town referendum.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2023
Maine Voices: Keep your eyes on Munjoy South – it faces a real threat
This complex and its 140 affordable units are too important to allow the termination or aggressive reinterpretation of the covenants that enable a wide range of people to live there.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2023
Maine Voices: Proposed project will be a change for the better in Bayside
Speak up Tuesday in favor of a mixed-use walkable neighborhood that includes about 200 units of much-needed affordable housing near parks, trails, schools, supermarkets and more.
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PublishedMarch 9, 2023
Maine Voices: Speak up early and often about 800-unit Bayside development
There are a lot of justifiable concerns about the proposal; Tuesday’s Planning Board meeting is a good place to air them.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2023
Portland Planning Board approves 162 units of affordable housing in North Deering
Lambert Woods, which will include rental housing and a limited equity co-op, is being developed on a site the city put up for sale in 2020 to develop more housing.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2023
Our View: If only a constitutional housing provision could provide homes
A spiritual gesture is no match for Maine’s material crisis. Plus: Why UMaine must proceed cautiously with remote learning.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2023
Right to housing among a flood of proposed state constitutional amendments
Rep. Benjamin Collings, D-Portland, hopes it would lead to new policies requiring more housing assistance and resources.
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2023
South Portland council exempts future development from proposed rent control
The council postponed a preliminary vote to March 7 after criticism from the attending public.
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