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.
affordable housing
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
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.
advertisement
Posted inMaine
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.
Posted inMaine
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.
Posted inTimes Record
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.
Posted inTimes Record
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.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cumberland has one remaining affordable housing project on the table
In wake of voters’ defeat of the Drowne Road project, it’s going to be tough to make a “meaningful dent in the affordable housing crisis,” the town council chair says.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cumberland voters soundly reject affordable housing project on Drowne Road
Cumberland residents overwhelmingly voted “no” in Tuesday’s referendum, 2,545 to 1,162.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cumberland residents vote on affordable housing project
Cumberland residents took to the polls Tuesday to vote on a proposed affordable housing project to be built on Drowne Road. The Town Council voted in December to explore the option of building three 3-story buildings with 71 one-bedroom apartments, 36 of which would be reserved for seniors. There would also be 21 two-bedroom and […]
Posted inElections, Maine
Cumberland voters reject affordable housing project
The proposal to build a $40 million, 107-unit apartment complex near the town center drew heavy turnout, with preliminary results showing the referendum failed 2,545 to 1,163.