The 83-page breakdown creates a roadmap for lawmakers on incentivizing development, collecting data and assembling a workforce to build the thousands of units the state desperately needs.
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Maine needs more housing, fast. Two companies are turning to the assembly line.
Built in a factory, modular homes and apartments can go up quickly. Can new designs change some of the stigma?
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Maine cities, nonprofits ask lawmakers to reject proposed limit on housing assistance
Lawmakers are told that a proposal to limit General Assistance housing support would put hundreds of families at risk of eviction.
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Gov. Mills proposes 3-month limit on emergency housing assistance
The proposal in the governor’s update to the current budget is intended to rein in ballooning costs in the state’s General Assistance program.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier
More affordable housing coming to Biddeford
Bateman Partners plans to build 60 new affordable housing units and update 32 more.
Posted inLeslie Bridgers, Local & State
What’s in the cards for Maine? Tarot reading takes a look at year ahead
Will it be a snowy winter? Will Janet Mills run for Senate? We turned to the tarot card deck for insight into Maine’s future.
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Waterville to welcome scores of apartments starting in 2025
The first 15 units in the northernmost Lockwood Mill building on Water Street will get their first tenants shortly after the new year, according to officials.
Posted inScarborough Leader, South Portland Sentry
Scarborough considers 96-unit affordable and workforce housing development
The development would consist of 60 affordable units for people 55 and older in one building and another 36 units of workforce housing spread across three buildings.
Posted inTimes Record
Shelter Institute goes digital, spreading to homebuilders worldwide
After 50 years of empowering Midcoast craftsmen, a Woolwich organization has turned to online courses and opened enrollment to international students. Here’s what graduates have to say.
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Maine sells old courthouses in Sanford, Biddeford to turn into housing
Authorities are planning to convert the former courthouses into apartment buildings, and state officials are also in discussions regarding a third site in York.