All posts tagged "housing"
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Maine becomes the third state to end single-family-only zoning
Maine is embracing new California-style laws aimed at reducing restrictions on new housing....
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Final version of local zoning, affordable housing bill leaves much to be desired
Last week, LD 2003, a bill sponsored by Speaker Ryan Fecteau to reform...
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Lawmakers reach budget agreement, approve House Speaker’s housing bill
The Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs (AFA) met late on the evening...
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Speaker Fecteau offers last minute amendment to affordable housing bill
On April 7, the Maine Legislature’s Labor and Housing Committee voted 8 to...
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Legislature approves sale of spirits at stadiums, indefinitely postpones inspection fee hike
The Maine Senate on April 7 voted to indefinitely postpone a bill that...
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Speaker Fecteau’s amended housing bill clears hurdle in committee
The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Labor and Housing (LBHS) on March 16 voted to...
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Affordable housing bill pushes local deregulation while questioning the extent of local control
The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Labor and Housing held a public hearing March...
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Legislative panel considers bills to streamline housing projects, eliminate income requirements in residential construction
The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Labor and Housing held a public hearing on...
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Affordable housing commission encourages local zoning flexibility and deregulation, state appeals board
The Commission to Increase Housing Opportunities in Maine by Studying Zoning and Land...
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Biden says CDC’s new eviction moratorium ‘not likely to pass constitutional muster’
On August 4, just days after allowing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...
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Landlords sue Trump administration and CDC over executive order banning evictions
The Trump administration’s controversial nationwide eviction moratorium, issued through the Centers for Disease...
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Bipartisan bill would unleash tiny homes in Maine
Lawmakers on Maine’s Transportation Committee will hold a public hearing Thursday on LD...
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Is a remedy for tiny homes on the horizon?
Last week, Maine’s Legislative Council admitted a bill into the second session that...
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Unaccommodating regulation threatens the future of tiny homes in Maine
Tiny houses are a relatively new phenomenon and are becoming a modern lifestyle...
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The affordable housing paradox
Governments spend a good deal of time and money attempting to solve problems...
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Maine towns should be more welcoming of tiny houses
The tiny house movement is not a panacea for all our housing woes....
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Portland City Council chasing opportunity into oblivion
Recently, the Housing Committee of Portland’s City Council met to discuss the possibility...
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Zoning Regulations Are Driving Up Portland Rents
Renting in Portland remains unaffordable for many of its residents. Instead of saving up...
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Wealthy Portlanders Delay and Impede Development—Again!
I can’t say I’m surprised. The Press Herald is reporting that a group...
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Portland: Build It, and They Will Come
Portland is not a cheap city to live in. According to a 2015...
