Faced with local opposition, the outdoor-gear retailer withdraws its support for a developer’s plan to build hundreds of homes off Desert and Old County roads.
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Maine provides another $10 million to rent relief program
The new funding will allow renters to apply for assistance from the Maine Housing Authority through the end of September, and it will be the final allocation unless more federal funding becomes available.
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36-home development planned for Brunswick Landing, but some residents worry about impact
The development could bring some much needed ‘affordable’ and workforce housing to the area, but some residents fear it will bring too much traffic and mean the destruction of a well-loved strip of woods.
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Women veterans say they were told with little notice to leave Augusta facility
All four residents of Betsy Ann Ross House of Hope say they were told last Thursday they had to be out by Tuesday, and none of them have yet found other places to live.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
New tax incentive would boost affordable housing construction
Gov. Janet Mills is expected to sign into law a bill to create the state’s first tax credit for affordable and low-income housing projects.
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
More housing for seniors coming to Farmington
With the release of voter approved funds, a 24-unit facility can move forward in Farmington.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Voter-approved money that LePage blocked is finally going to new housing for seniors
The $14.5 million approved by Maine voters in 2015 is combined with other funding and awarded to seven projects that will provide 212 units of affordable housing for Mainers 55 and older.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
MaineHousing gives 5 affordable housing projects a $6.8 million boost
Projects in Portland, South Portland, Waterville and Bangor will create or preserve 275 affordable housing units, says the housing authority.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Habitat for Humanity offers discounted home repair service
The service is available to low-income homeowners in Cumberland County
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Sale of student lodging house in Bayside triggers backlash
Affordable housing activists say hundreds of low-cost Portland units will be lost and want the city to step in. The developer plans traditional apartments, but at workforce housing prices and says he’ll help anyone who’s displaced.