Housing
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PublishedNovember 9, 2018
Maine Voices: Another way to look at affordable housing, and delivering more of it
Using innovative financing, we can make affordable housing a realistic goal for many more families.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2018
Portland landlord appeals $500,000 fine to Supreme Court, saying city should have cracked down sooner
Sulan Chau was fined for code and life safety violations over 2½ years, but her attorney argues that the penalty is excessive because officials waited too long to take action.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2018
California’s housing shortage strains budgets, forces families to rent out bedrooms
Salinas, an inland farming community, has been designated one of America's least affordable places to live, and residents lack faith that politicians understand the reality of the region's housing crisis.
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PublishedOctober 11, 2018
Portland housing committee to ask for 6-month moratorium on some short-term rentals
Members decide to ask the City Council to temporarily stop registering new non-owner-occupied units until councilors can come up with tighter regulations on Airbnb-style accommodations.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2018
Portland’s first price-restricted housing unit a tough sell
Some fear a city rule restricting future sales prices in an otherwise booming market may be deterring interest.
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2018
Commentary: If we build it, they will come
Affordable or not, adding new housing tends to drive down the price. It is simply a matter of supply and demand.
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2018
Southern Maine sees building boom as cities bust out permits
Portland's tight residential and commercial markets are pushing eager investors to neighboring communities, with one city approving three permits a day.
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2018
August continues ‘banner year’ for Maine home sales
Sales volume was up by 6 percent and the median price increased by 7 percent from a year earlier.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2018
Another View: Did we learn enough from Lehman Bros. collapse to avoid the next meltdown?
The backlash against the resulting preventive measures shows the will required to make unpopular but needed reforms.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2018
Kushner Cos. amassed more than a half-million dollars in unpaid fines
Many of the hundreds of violations over the past five years took place while President Trump's son-in-law was running the family real estate company.
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