The $6.5 million project adds 23 apartments to Augusta’s downtown neighborhood and is expected to add demand for downtown restaurants and shops.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine agencies awarded $2.5 million to fight outbreaks in public housing
The federal aid is intended to help 19 Maine housing authorities prevent, prepare for and respond to COVID-19 outbreaks in public housing.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Renters need relief in COVID crisis
Thousands of Mainers could lose their homes if the government does not pay their rent.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Small businesses seek rent and eviction freezes as crisis costs mount
Maine small business owners are in anxious talks with landlords as they seek to buy time until they can reopen and restore cash flow.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Maine landlords also suffer in COVID-19 disruption
With the courts closed, property owners cannot get the relief that they need and are entitled to by law.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
MaineHousing director: No one should lose their home because of COVID-19
Lenders and landlords should work with newly jobless borrowers and tenants on payment plans that will keep the roof over their heads.
Posted inLocal & State
Student-built house finds home in Bath, to become affordable housing
The house will go on the market early this summer and will be sold to a family at or below 80% of the area median income.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Augusta tenants fear homelessness after threat of eviction on a week’s notice
Some tenants of 33 Stone St. say they have had to climb through windows to get into their own apartments after the landlord changed the building’s electronic locks.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: 2020 candidates must address Maine housing poverty issues
Thousands of the state’s households spend over half their income on rent.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, New England
Mortgage brokers are hiring like mad to handle demand as rates plunge
Some brokers predict rates for a 30-year fixed loan could drop to 3.5 percent and stay there much of the year.