Housing
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PublishedAugust 3, 2022
Short-term rentals to be focus of new state housing commission
The legislative panel will collect data to see how much of a role short-term rentals play in the housing crunch. It also is expected to consider statewide regulation.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2022
Number of asylum seeking families coming to Portland appears to slow, but many still wait in hotels
It's also hard to track the numbers now that the city of Portland isn't involved with as many arrivals.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2022
Rents spike as big-pocketed investors buy mobile home parks
The purchases – and the ensuing rent increases – are putting residents in a bind, since most mobile homes – despite the name – cannot be moved easily or cheaply.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2022
Market forces make affordable housing a tricky sell in Brunswick area
Local housing experts say financing for affordable housing developments is more complicated to put together than market-rate projects, which contributes to a shortage of cheap housing in the Midcoast.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2022
Brunswick, ‘losing its economic diversity,’ seeks to promote better balanced housing
The Brunswick Town Council voted Monday to create a new Housing Committee tasked with finding policies to ease the local housing crunch.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2022
Condos pitched in Cape Elizabeth where affordable housing proposal failed
A developer faces similar challenges in planning to build 18 condos where a 46-unit affordable housing project was scuttled by community opposition last year.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2022
Interest rate hikes hinder Midcoast homebuyers
Rising interest rates have made it more difficult for prospective new homebuyers to compete in a hot housing market, according to local realtors.
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PublishedJune 29, 2022
Proposal to build 260 market-rate apartments in Augusta faces backlash from neighbors
The city's Planning Board on Tuesday delayed the proposal to allow the developer to obtain needed permits and address concerns from neighbors about the large, five-building complex off Eight Rod Road.
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PublishedJune 28, 2022
Our View: No-inspection sales highlight housing shortage
Years of a tight market have driven up prices and forced buyers into making risky choices.
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PublishedJune 23, 2022
Many Portland area residents would need to double their income to afford a home
A new Harvard University report illustrates the growing affordability struggle for both homebuyers and renters across the country and in Maine.
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