housing evictions
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PublishedAugust 4, 2024
Eviction filings are down in Maine, but threat is still high
Observers disagree over whether the data signal an abatement in the housing crisis or if the numbers fail to include ousted tenants who don't end up in court.
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PublishedJune 27, 2024
Jury rules landlord can’t evict former Portland Mayor Strimling
After deliberating 90 minutes, the jury finds that Geoffrey Rice was illegally retaliating for Ethan Strimling's involvement in forming a tenants union in 2021.
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PublishedJune 26, 2024
Attorney for Ethan Strimling zeroes in on timeline of eviction, union complaints
The former mayor's attorney is alleging that his landlord, Geoffrey Rice, only ramped up efforts to evict Strimling after the tenants union he founded began filing complaints with the city.
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PublishedJune 16, 2024
The Maine Millennial: Immigrants have almost nothing to do with the housing crisis
We need people to come to Maine. And if they come from away – even from far away – so be it.
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PublishedApril 22, 2024
New rent relief program to offer struggling Mainers up to $800 a month
The $18 million pilot initiative is meant to curb evictions. About 2,400 people and families will qualify.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2024
Redbank Village residents in South Portland lose water service for hours
The 500-unit development, which made waves in 2022 for significant rent increases, was without water for eight hours Saturday as workers repaired a water main break.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2023
Bill aims to further protect tenants from landlord retaliation
The legislation would protect tenants who contest rent increases because of unsafe or unhealthy living conditions, proponents say.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2023
Evictions in Maine shot up during 2022, with filings growing 27%
New eviction filings neared levels not seen since the start of the pandemic, and the problem may become a focus of the Legislature's new session.
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PublishedDecember 21, 2022
Our View: Fail to prepare, prepare for a tidal wave of Maine evictions
The end of ‘unprecedented’ support for American renters demanded equally unprecedented consideration and careful management at the federal and state levels. It received nothing of the sort.
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PublishedDecember 19, 2022
Biden aims to cut homelessness 25% by 2025
The 100-plus-page plan, which officials said includes input from communities around the country and feedback from hundreds of unhoused people, comes as homelessness in the nation reaches crisis levels.
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