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PublishedDecember 6, 2024
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.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2024
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.
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PublishedNovember 21, 2024
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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PublishedOctober 8, 2024
Auburn community rallies around 67-year-old homeless woman
Street Talk: She doesn't drink, she doesn't do drugs, she's friendly with police. That's made this 67-year-old woman a target for the other homeless in and around Auburn's Bonney Park.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2024
Maine People’s Alliance group takes on housing crisis in Lewiston meeting
The group gathered Thursday night involved some who are officially involved in the fight for more affordable housing. Most of them, though, were men and women who have been on the receiving end of drastic rent increases or other issues that sent them scrambling.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2024
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.
Housing crisis
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