The project would double the number of slots available at the popular Youth and Family Outreach child care center to 110 and build 48 affordable and 12 market-rate apartments.
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Rhode Island tackles housing shortage by making it easier to add rental units on to homes
To ensure Rhode Islanders benefit from the law, it bans the ADUs from being used as short-term rentals.
Uptown apartments unveiled in redeveloped downtown Bath block
The housing development on the corner of Front and Summer streets is for tenants aged 55 and older.
Auburn approves grant application for ambitious ‘Winter Oaks’ housing development
The “Winter Oaks” proposal would build 100 new residential units, including 48 single-family homes, on a 37-acre property between Vickery Road and South Main Street.
Portland Council hears update on Franklin Street redesign
The city plans to apply for federal funding and begin work later this decade on a project that was approved in 2015 in an effort to make the area safer for bicyclists and pedestrians while creating space to build housing.
Maine high court sends challenge to Munjoy Hill condo development back to city
The state’s Supreme Judicial Court said it cannot rule on whether the board’s approval of a development at 19 Willis St. was correct because of a lack of documentation explaining the decision.
White House rolls out measures aimed at lowering cost of housing, increasing supply
Measures aimed at helping renters include a requirement that landlords notify public housing tenants 30 days before a lease termination due to nonpayment of rent as well as $10 million for tenant education and outreach.