Developers say the project could only thrive if The Downs gets an exemption from Scarborough’s building permit cap, although housing for the disabled is already exempt.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Jeanie Cannell and our heartbreaking housing crisis
A woman and her family profiled by this newspaper show us how bad decisions on development have left many Mainers with few choices.
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Posted inMaine, 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 inTimes Record
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.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Condos pitched in Cape Elizabeth where affordable housing proposal failed
A developer faces similar challenges in planning to build 18 condos where a 46-unit affordable housing project was scuttled by community opposition last year.
Posted inMaine
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 inThe Forecaster
No Cape Elizabeth referendum on affordable housing at Gull Crest Fields
Cynthia Dill’s petition fell just short of the required number of signatures to appear on a future referendum.
Posted inTimes Record
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.
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Consultants urge Cape Elizabeth to add at least 200 affordable homes in next 10 years
The Town Council and an advisory committee will explore ways of encouraging the construction of affordable housing once the Housing Diversity Study is completed.