Young people can’t find or afford houses in their communities. Families can’t move out of places they’ve outgrown. The cycle is stuck. Can it be fixed?
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Cape Elizabeth OKs new Cookie Jar site plan, leaves front parking untouched
Under the new site plan, the parking spaces along the building’s Shore Road facade are listed as ‘existing casual parking’ but are not delineated. Planning Board members said that should preserve the status quo.
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Portland council approves first major changes to zoning rules in decades
The councilors unanimously approved the years-in-the-making ‘ReCode’ effort to redraw the city’s land use ordinance for the first time since the 1970s.
Posted inCommunity, Maine, News
Cape Elizabeth Town Council delays decision on Cookie Jar parking spaces
Councilors say they need more information about the parking situation at the popular bakery before they vote to formalize the business’s use of the area in front of the building.
Posted inBusiness, Community, Maine, News
Cape Elizabeth considers allowing bakery to keep parking spots despite zoning rules
Tensions have been escalating in town over a perception that the Cape Elizabeth Planning Board is trying to remove four parking spaces outside the Cookie Jar.
Posted inMaine, News
Portland City Council examines proposed zoning overhaul that could reshape housing across city
The council met Monday to consider, for the first time, the proposed zoning changes that city staff have been working on for years.
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Can luxury apartments actually help solve Maine’s housing crisis?
Despite pervasive ‘supply skepticism,’ the evidence suggests the answer is yes: As the number of homes grows in an area, prices tend to fall and lower-cost units get freed up. But advocates say it takes time – and there are many hurdles.
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Developers pitch second condo complex with accessory dwelling units in Portland
GreenMars Real Estate is pioneering a housing model made possible by a state law that encourages denser development.
Posted inMaine, News
In fight for more housing in Maine, one barrier rises above the rest: Us
The state’s ongoing housing crisis wasn’t caused by one thing, but it has put homeownership out of reach for an entire generation and created ripple effects on the broader economy.
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Brunswick revised its development process. Here’s what changed.
The Planning Board voted unanimously to scrap the town zoning law that allowed for a faster development review process while introducing additional changes, including one that will allow the board to require construction oversight.