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The View From Here: Hotel rooms no substitute for permanent housing

What Portland is forced to spend for emergency shelter would be enough to develop hundreds of affordable apartments.

The Affordable Homeownership Program is expected to support construction of at least 150 new, single-family, affordable homes across Maine.

City’s restrictions on mobile homes and parks could also be obstacle to creation of new affordable housing at a time when more is needed.

by The Editorial Board January 9, 2022January 8, 2022

Our state needs workers, and people want to come here. It’s up to us to make it so they can.

A Democrat representing Ward 4, Green wins leadership post in 5-2 vote, making her the first woman to lead the council.

Officials say lack of affordable housing is driving some families and senior citizens into homelessness.

The Legislature should be making it easier for towns and cities to build affordable housing, not forcing projects on them.

by Conor Sen Bloomberg Opinion December 17, 2021December 16, 2021

Soaring rents and a red-hot home market are upending old seasonal patterns as job and wage growth drive a new economic cycle.

Board votes Tuesday night to recommend the City Council rezone part of College Avenue to allow for apartment development.

Some neighbors say the project, even as revised, would take up too much green space.