Starting the first week in January, the new apartments — a mixture of workplace and market-rate units — will start welcoming new tenants.
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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.
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A CMMC team rallies to provide a ride for co-worker
An anesthesiology nurse went above and beyond for a valued fellow employee.
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UMaine’s ‘Factory of the Future’ aims to tackle the housing crisis with 3D printing
Construction is underway on a 50,000-square-foot building in Orono that will house the university’s massive 3D printers and train students to produce houses, boats, wind turbine molds and more.
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Maine Supreme Judicial Court justice violated ethical code, committee says
A judicial conduct panel is recommending that Justice Catherine Connors, a former private attorney who represented banks, be sanctioned for not recusing herself from 2 cases that upended the state’s foreclosure process.
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Maine home sales, prices jumped again in September
The median home sale price in Maine last month was over $409,000 – another record.
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Housing costs rising everywhere – but especially in swing states
America’s housing affordability crisis is weighing heavily on the nation’s most sought-after voters in places like Wilmington, N.C., where home prices have risen 65 percent since 2019.
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Statewide eviction prevention program to begin taking applications Monday
The program, funded with an $18 million allotment from the state, will provide a two-fold approach to rent relief: offering tenants one-time assistance paying back-rent, plus monthly rent subsidies for one year.
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Maine organization aiming to end homelessness hires first executive director
Dean Klein, a homeless prevention advocate most recently from Virginia, has been tapped to lead the Maine Continuum of Care.
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Lewiston Planning Board approves Gendron housing project off Farwell Street
City officials have said the 208-unit project will provide much-needed market-rate housing in Lewiston, but neighbors say the city is not responding appropriately to concerns for a traffic situation that’s already “a nightmare.”