Western Maine Community Action was awarded nearly $7 million from the American Rescue Plan Act to convert two properties to affordable housing and emergency shelter for housing-insecure people.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: New short-term rental commission must take a long-term, statewide view
The business eats into housing inventory. As you may have noticed, Maine doesn’t have any to spare.
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Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Waterville Planning Board approves multifamily housing plan along College Avenue
Arcon Realty is expected to begin building a 23-unit multifamily complex this fall at the site of the former John Martin’s Manor restaurant.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
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.
Posted inLocal & State, News
‘Nobody would choose this’: A turnpike rest area and a van become home for one Maine family
Jeanie Cannell, her husband and his daughter have lived at the Kennebunk travel plaza on the Maine Turnpike for three months, unable to find affordable housing, even though two of them work full-time.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Stop shutting new residents out of our state
Life in Maine is a blessing, but it’s not a privilege to be granted by those who grasp a vision of the past that never was.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Hallowell establishes committee to address city’s need for affordable housing
Group formed in response to residents’ concerns about dramatic rent increases, a lack of available housing and existing living spaces that are unsafe and unsanitary.
Posted inLocal & State
UMaine researchers deploy new tool to build affordable housing: giant 3D printer
The university’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center hopes to create a prototype house using abundant supplies of wood fiber.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Demand remains strong for mobile homes, if you can wait up to a year for delivery
Prices have jumped 50-100% in the past three years.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Workforce housing proposed for Western Avenue in Augusta
The developer of the Stevens Commons site in Hallowell is hoping to build more than three dozen studio and one-bedroom apartments at 99 Western Ave. for people making up to 60% of the area’s average income.