affordable housing
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PublishedApril 23, 2024
Brunswick Zoning Board rejects most arguments against proposed housing development
Those who appealed against the Wilbur's Woods project saw a "small victory" Tuesday night as the Zoning Board decided to review the architectural compatibility of the 18-unit apartment building of the development.
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PublishedApril 22, 2024
New rent relief program to offer struggling Mainers up to $800 a month
The $18 million pilot initiative is meant to curb evictions. About 2,400 people and families will qualify.
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PublishedApril 17, 2024
Young waterfront workers struggle amid rising home prices in Harpswell
While historic cottages that residents' grandparents built continue to be replaced by summer homes, many young community members are forced to move out of town or in with family members.
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PublishedApril 10, 2024
New funding expedites Bath affordable housing project
Bath Housing will use the $4 million to accelerate the second phase of its development plan for 520 Centre St., which includes 24 additional housing units.
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PublishedApril 3, 2024
Brunswick board to weigh challenge to proposed housing development
Two weeks after the initial public hearing, the Zoning Board is set to issue a decision on Thursday night on the challenge filed against affordable housing project Wilbur's Woods.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2024
Portland’s Franklin Towers was added to the National Register of Historic Places. But not for the reasons you think.
The 16-story apartment building, which is home to about 215 low-income elderly and disabled people, has been plagued with health and safety problems for years. The designation could lower the cost to renovate it.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2024
Former courthouses in Biddeford, York and Sanford may be turned into affordable housing
State lawmakers are calling for legislation to allow the state to sell the former courthouses to local housing authorities.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2024
South Portland turns focus to future of now-vacant Mahoney Middle School
The City Council is delaying a decision about whether to move City Hall into the old middle school and build a new police station next door. Many residents want to create affordable housing instead.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2024
Brunswick Zoning Board delays decision on proposed housing development after 4-hour meeting
Thursday night’s meeting ended anticlimactically as the Zoning Board of Appeals delayed its deliberations on the challenge against the Wilbur’s Woods housing project.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2024
Brunswick board to review challenge of affordable housing project
A Brunswick resident filed an appeal to reverse the Planning Board's January approval of the Wilbur's Woods development.
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