The number of veterans experiencing homelessness in Maine nearly quadrupled from 2021 to 2022, and remains at levels higher than…
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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…
Portland city officials provided updates regarding the homeless encampment below the Casco Bay Bridge during a Tuesday evening Health and…
The Portland City Council voted Monday evening to declare a limited state of emergency in order to temporarily expand the…
The cost to U.S. taxpayers of providing housing, education, health care, and other benefits to migrants who entered the country…
Asian transnational criminal organizations operate more than 270 illegal marijuana cultivation sites in Maine, according to a leaked U.S. Department…
Although homelessness featured prominently among the list of legislative requests made by lawmakers in advance of next session, none of…
The Portland City Council is set to consider Monday a proposed order that would amend city ordinances to allow homeless…
According to the yearly surveys conducted by the Maine State Housing Authority, homelessness has more than tripled throughout the state…
The Maine State Legislature next year will consider establishing a “Civil Rights Unit” to educate the public on hate and…
In a Nov. 6 letter to Portland’s State Senators and Representatives, Mayor Kate Snyder requested the lawmakers’ assistance in identifying…
A new 179-bed shelter for single asylum seekers in Portland’s Riverton neighborhood is set to open on Nov. 29. [RELATED:…
Illegal Chinese marijuana grows have taken over much of rural Maine. The government is either incapable — or unwilling –…
Draft copies of proposed changes to City of Portland ordinances obtained by the organization “Enough is Enough” show city officials…
Portland’s largest homeless encampment at the Marginal Way Park and Ride is being cleared out Wednesday by city officials and…
The ACLU of Maine sent a letter last week warning Portland City Manager Danielle West and Maine Department of Transportation…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced earlier this week that Madison will be getting a new 36 unit affordable housing development…
Two more of Portland’s homeless encampments are set to be cleared on November 1 in addition to the one located…
UPDATE: This story has been updated to include comments from Harold Pachios. The City of Portland’s Committee on Sustainability and…
A man was arrested Thursday near Portland’s largest homeless encampment at the Marginal Way Park and Ride after reportedly entering…
The City of Auburn saw a 330 percent increase in residents seeking aid from the city’s General Assistance program in…
State lawmakers are currently poised to consider a number of changes to the laws surrounding homelessness — an issue that…
Maine’s three refugee resettlement agencies have been approved to resettle double the amount of refugees in fiscal year 2024 (FY24)…
Residents of Portland’s largest homeless encampment at the Marginal Way Park and Ride lot now have less than a month…
Portland Mayor Kate Snyder delivered her final State of the City Address as mayor Monday afternoon, focusing primarily on the…
Portland business owners and retail workers joined the organization “Enough is Enough” to release a video Thursday drawing attention to…
The ACLU of Maine joined the Communist Party for Socialism and Liberation and other advocacy groups Tuesday to urge the…
Information released this month by Portland officials revealed that the city’s effort to place roughly 100 homeless individuals in shelters…
The Democratic Mayor of San Francisco announced a plan Tuesday morning to address the city’s drug and homelessness crises that…
The Portland City Council will host a second public workshop Tuesday on possible policy solutions to the city’s homeless encampment…
Data from the Maine Judicial Branch shows that evictions in the state have increased dramatically since the end of the…
There were approximately 320 students from homeless families enrolled in the Portland Public School (PPS) system during the 2022-2023 school…
Maine State Rep. Josh Morris (R-Turner), ranking Republican member of the Legislature’s Insurance Committee, sent a letter Wednesday to Acting…
Portland’s now-largest homeless encampment at the Marginal Way Park and Ride has approximately doubled in size since August, with a…