Authorities are planning to convert the former courthouses into apartment buildings, and state officials are also in discussions regarding a third site in York.
Housing crisis
Posted inMaine, Times Record
A Brunswick family’s desperate hunt for housing as temperatures drop
James Olson has been searching for housing as his deadline to move out nears, but without much luck.
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Maine nonprofit will renovate fixer-uppers, sell them as affordable housing
The new Avesta Housing program is meant to help moderate-income families that are ‘often overlooked’ afford their first home.
Posted inMaine, News
Eviction relief program is keeping Maine families housed, but high demand depletes funding
More than 1,500 are queued up, hoping to receive up to $800 a month in rent relief and a one-time payment to catch up on back rent.
Posted inBusiness, News
3 Maine counties now have median home price over $500,000
The state’s ongoing inventory shortage, coupled with the high demand for single-family homes, has led to a record-breaking year for home prices in Maine.
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Portland City Council pauses hotel development, trying to address affordable housing
The council on Monday passed a 180-day moratorium, starting in a month, while a panel studies whether hoteliers are shouldering enough responsibility to build affordable housing.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier
Biddeford enters moratorium on condo conversions
Condo conversions at Pepperell Mills could be detrimental to the downtown area, some say.
Posted inTimes Record
Freeport’s new General Assistance administrator will also serve as ‘community paramedic’
A new community response specialist, a position the town hopes to fill soon, will take on the responsibilities of General Assistance and replace the nonprofit Freeport Community Service’s implementation of the program.
Posted inMaine, Times Record
Wilbur’s Woods affordable housing project in Brunswick underway after delays
The developer, Maine-based company GreenMars, broke ground on the first stage of the development in early September by clearing some trees.
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Housing’s worst crisis in decades reverberates through 2024 race
At stake in the next two months are the votes of frustrated homebuyers and renters in battleground states.