affordable housing Archives - The Portland Press Herald

Gov. Mills launches $10 million loan program for affordable single-family home construction

The Affordable Homeownership Program is expected to support construction of at least 150 new, single-family, affordable homes across Maine.

by The Editorial Board January 9, 2022January 8, 2022

Our state needs workers, and people want to come here. It’s up to us to make it so they can.

by Markos Miller Special to the Press Herald December 31, 2021December 30, 2021

The City Council should focus on redefining affordability formulas, redeveloping public land and removing barriers in Portland’s code.

by The Editorial Board December 24, 2021December 23, 2021

We have the tools to give people safe, stable housing. We just have to use them.

The Legislature should be making it easier for towns and cities to build affordable housing, not forcing projects on them.

by Conor Sen Bloomberg Opinion December 17, 2021December 16, 2021

Soaring rents and a red-hot home market are upending old seasonal patterns as job and wage growth drive a new economic cycle.

The issue deserves the bigger voter turnout that comes with a general election, proponents of the Nov. 8 date say.

The shortage will have ripple effects for everyone in less than a decade, the report states.

Westbrook Housing Authority’s proposal for 58 affordable units near the National Guard Armory could use some work, Westbrook officials say.

The town’s rejection of an affordable housing proposal shows why this statewide problem can’t be fixed one community at a time.