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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 24, 2022
‘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.
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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 17, 2022
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.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2022
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.
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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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PublishedJuly 1, 2022
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.
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PublishedJune 28, 2022
Brunswick pauses most housing development projects
Brunswick's town council voted Monday to approve an emergency 180-day moratorium on the review and approval of most housing development projects while it considers new housing policies.
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PublishedJune 27, 2022
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.
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PublishedJune 23, 2022
Nearly half of all Maine tenants cannot afford rent, new study says
A Harvard University report indicates that Maine's renters are struggling – something that those in the affordable housing arena know all too well.
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