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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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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 12, 2023
Scenes from the affordable housing crisis
Rising rents and home prices are being felt across Maine – and forcing many Mainers to make difficult, costly and life-altering compromises.
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PublishedJanuary 27, 2023
Lewiston, Auburn’s ‘booming’ housing market takes center stage at annual real estate conference
One broker predicted that the growth in the residential market will usher in new office, retail and industrial development.
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2023
Pending sale of 25-unit Topsham apartment complex would weaken affordability restrictions
Twenty-five apartments in Topsham could soon lose some of their affordability requirements, vexing affordable housing advocates who say the government should do more to keep those restrictions in place.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2023
State lawmaker calls for $200 million investment in affordable housing
Rep. Rebecca Millett's bill is one of many that will be considered by a new Joint Select Committee on Housing, created by the Legislature this session.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2023
Southern Maine residents say they’re being priced out of once-affordable city
A Biddeford task force has spent the last year looking at strategies to preserve and create affordable housing as revitalization makes the city a more desirable place to live.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2023
Residents frustrated by smoking in HUD-funded housing say they ‘can’t afford anywhere else’
Residents at the Edgewood Apartments in Kennebunk say cigarette and marijuana smoke inside their building is exacerbating their health problems.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2023
Homeless in Maine: Struggling to survive even with a paying job
Those who interact most closely with the homeless say it's a misconception that they don't want to work or try to help themselves.
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