Maine lawmakers are poised to reject along nearly partisan lines a proposal to reinstate the municipal property tax levy limits…
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Maine Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau (D-Biddeford) is seeking regulatory changes to affordable housing law in the state with…
The Maine State Legislature’s Housing and Economic Development Committee heard public testimony Tuesday on a bill that would make it…
The number of homes available for sale in Maine has increased substantially since last year, and home prices have also…
Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill that would exempt Maine seniors from paying property taxes. LD 1541 was sponsored by…
A bipartisan group of lawmakers have introduced a bill that aims to provide property tax relief to Maine homeowners, as…
A bipartisan group of Maine lawmakers have introduced a bill aiming to increase the value of the state’s Property Tax…
Both nationally, and especially in places like Maine, housing is becoming unaffordable for too many. This trend kills the American…
Maine lawmakers on the Taxation Committee have unanimously rejected three proposals to increase the state’s homestead exemption, a program designed…
The Portland City Council’s Health and Human Services Committee met on Thursday to discuss various options related to how the…
A public hearing has now been set for a bill seeking to revitalize a now-defunct property tax stabilization program for…
In an effort to address the affordable housing crunch, the Maine State Housing Authority has awarded $23.5 million in Rural…
A group of Democratic lawmakers are looking to give Mainers who do not have a permanent residence an alternative means…
A Republican lawmaker has introduced a bill that would revitalize the now-defunct property tax stabilization program with several key amendments.…
Sen. Joe Baldacci (D-Penobscot) wants the state to either purchase or use eminent domain to seize control of the Bangor…
Democrat lawmakers in Augusta have introduced a bill that aims to prohibit “housing discrimination” based on a person’s source of…
A group of Maine Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill that would allow municipalities to adopt a local option sales…
Maine is currently facing a significant housing crisis, and researchers at a state-based think tank have written a report illustrating…
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), along with co-sponsor Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), is aiming to fight the housing crisis with grants…
University of Southern Maine wants to make sure that new students are comfortable in their space or else it might…
A contractor who’s suffered lengthy zoning delays on a $15 million Portland-area project is now wondering whether it’ll ever get…
Delinquent Maine property taxpayers just got a gift from the newly elected Democrat state treasurer. But guess who has to…
Maine lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan bill that would incrementally increase the state’s property tax homestead exemption over the next…
At its upcoming meeting on Monday, the Portland City Council will consider issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the…
Maine’s housing market is looking promising for buyers in the final month of 2024 despite prices increasing substantially in comparison…
Two months after launch and one month after moving to waiting list procedures due to high demand, the Maine State…
The Maine State Housing Authority announced this past Wednesday that the agency had awarded $12.8 million worth of state and…
The South Portland City Council unanimously approved the creation of a new Tax Increment Financing District (TIF District) and thirty…
Socialist Portland City Councilor Kate Sykes’ proposal for a task force to study how city might utilize a new “social…
Two Portland City Councilors are seeking to put a 180-day prohibition on the approval of new hotel projects in the…
Homes in Maine are 8.68 percent more expensive than this time last year — reaching a median sale price of…
On Monday morning, the Maine State Housing Authority launched an Eviction Prevention Pilot Program designed to “help tenants who may…
The number of veterans experiencing homelessness in Maine nearly quadrupled from 2021 to 2022, and remains at levels higher than…
A September report published by a state-level advisory committee argues that Maine must “incrementally increase the number of housing units…
The City of Portland is set to conduct a revaluation of residential properties over the course of next year, the…
U.S. Sens. Angus King (I-Maine) and Jerry Moran (R-Kans.) have introduced the Farmhouse-to-Workforce Housing Act, a piece of legislation aimed…
Maine homes are 7.53 percent more expensive than they were in August of 2023 — now reaching a median sale…
Amid discussion regarding recent property tax hikes at a South Portland City Council meeting last month, Mayor Misha Pride suggested…
A Bangor-based homelessness fundraising organization is propagating educational materials aimed at helping homeless individuals avoid arrest for a variety of…
The Maine State Housing Authority announced Monday that a combined $2 million from the state’s Emergency Housing Relief Fund (EHRF)…
The city of Portland has ordered a property owner to clean up a hazardous waste site left behind by an…
The Cape Elizabeth Town Council is currently considering a recommendation from the Ordinance Committee to expand the local Senior Tax…
Wells voters overwhelmingly approved an ordinance Tuesday establishing a temporary moratorium on large-scale residential developments. According to the unofficial results…
The controversial Yard South project in South Portland submitted its application to the city for a contract zone Wednesday. If…
Several towns in Southern Maine have “donated” a total of nearly $200,000 in support of a project to build a…
President Joe Biden announced a new plan on Tuesday to set government-imposed limits on housing prices for some rental units,…
A 17-year-old male was found dead at the scene of a shooting in Lewiston on Sunday, one of three shooting…
Sen. Angus King (I) announced Thursday that he has signed onto a bill encouraging owners of manufactured housing parks to…
Biddeford is taking action to clear homeless encampments throughout the city following an influential U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decision allowing…
New Hampshire’s largest city, Manchester, has begun enforcing a new ban on homeless encampments in public parks and on streets…
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that an Oregon city’s ban on homeless encampments can stand, as it does not…
A Portland based LGBT group is planning to build affordable, taxpayer funded housing units for LGBT people, in a project…
Everyone living in Maine understands that we’re in the middle of a housing affordability crisis. Data from the Federal Reserve…
The South Portland City Council is set to discuss a proposal to allow a nonprofit to operate a transitional housing…
The Cape Elizabeth Town Council is considering whether or not to ask residents if affordable housing construction should be allowed…
After much middle of the night reflection, I have reached at least two conclusions: First, Wilbur’s Woods needs to be…
On Monday the Portland City Council will vote on extending an emergency order for the third time to prolong a…
A resolution establishing a commission to study the extent of “housing discrimination” in Maine was among the thirty-five bills passed…
Data on the Oxford Street homeless shelter in Portland, discovered by X user TheUninquirer, revealed that the vast majority of…
Lawmakers in Augusta voted along partisan lines Friday to approve a resolution to study the extent to which housing voucher…
The City of South Portland is weighing its options for the future of the former Mahoney Middle School and other…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed an executive order Monday meant to increase the number of women working in construction,…
Seventeen Maine Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) have received a combined $11.6 million in federal funding through the US Department of…
Maine lawmakers have approved a resolution establishing a Commission to study the extent to which housing voucher recipients in the…
A group of residents in a crime-ridden San Francisco neighborhood have filed a federal lawsuit accusing the city of not…
Lawmakers in Augusta are considering the repeal of a 2005 law placing limits on the degree to which municipalities can…
Voters in the Town of Cumberland resoundingly defeated the controversial proposal to construct a 107-unit affordable housing development on the…
Lawmakers in Augusta have approved the allocation of more than $15 million to reimburse municipalities for the cost associated with…
The Portland City Council will vote Monday on whether to provide a $1.2 million loan to a planned affordable housing…
MaineHousing is launching a pilot program that will help older homeowners list their spare rooms for rent online, an effort…
The Portland Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a 2023 year-in-review report on the city’s response to…
Maine Republican lawmakers held a press conference Tuesday on the state’s homelessness crisis and spending related to providing taxpayer-funded housing…
Portland’s Homeless Services Center (HSC) received a total of 178 intakes in January, including two dozen homeless individuals from out-of-state,…
The City of Portland Director of Permitting and Inspections (PID) Jessica Hanscombe sent a Jan. 25 letter to City Manager…
The Portland City Council is set to consider an order Monday that would extend the 50-bed expansion of the city’s…
Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins announced Monday that 15 Maine organizations and state agencies aimed at combatting homelessness have been…
Democratic State Rep. Benjamin Collings of Portland is seeking to amend Article I of the Constitution of Maine to include…
Maine State Rep. Colleen Madigan (D-Waterville) has sponsored a bill that would provide the state’s “low-barrier” homeless shelters with a…
The City of Portland began clearing out the large homeless encampment underneath the Casco Bay Bridge in Harbor View Park…
The City of Portland moved forward with the clean-up of the Casco Bay Bridge homeless encampment on Tuesday, a move…
The City of Portland has rescheduled its planned sweeps of the various homeless encampments throughout the city for January 2…
The Maine State Housing Authority (MaineHousing) announced Thursday that it has allocated $8.7 million in state and federal tax credits…
The Portland City Council voted Monday evening to pass a resolution expressing opposition to a planned sweep of the city’s…
The City of Portland announced Friday that they will be clearing out the large homeless encampment under the Casco Bay…
U.S. Senators from Maine Angus King and Susan Collins, alongside Democratic District 1 Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, sent a letter Wednesday…
In a Wednesday op-ed in the Portland Press Herald, Cumberland County District Attorney Jackie Sartoris expressed her concern over rampant…
Portland Fire Chief Keith Gautreau joined Maine Public Broadcasting’s Jennifer Rooks on Monday’s Maine Calling program to discuss the city’s…
The Cape Elizabeth Town Council has voted to approve a slate of changes to bring their zoning ordinances into compliance…
Portland’s Encampment Crisis Response Team (ECRT) has started implementing a plan to move homeless individuals from the Harbor View Park…
The Portland Police Department announced Friday morning that they are investigating a death at the city’s largest homeless encampment underneath…
A man and woman were arrested in Westbrook last Friday after allegedly trespassing into a home and setting up a…
A black public housing tenant and her family have filed a lawsuit against the Auburn Housing Authority (AHA) and two…
A report published last week by the left-wing dark money-funded think tank the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) advocates…
Two people are dead after two separate incidents of tent fires in Portland and Sanford over the weekend. A Portland…
The Maine American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) put out a press release Tuesday claiming that the rejected Portland City Council…
The Portland City Council voted against an order to legalize homeless camps in public parks through the winter months after…
A proposal to amend the City of Portland’s loitering and camping ordinances to allow for homeless individuals to camp in…
Today, the Legislative Council considered appeal requests from a handful of Democrat lawmakers who had proposed bills concerning the homelessness…
Housing availability and affordability was a common theme at today’s Legislative Council appeals hearing. Last week, the Council voted down…
Republican U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins was briefed Thursday by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Anne Milgram on efforts…
