New data released on MaineOpenGov.org shows MaineHousing payrolls jumped nearly $1 million between 2010 and 2011 In the final year…
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This is a developing story. The Maine Legislature’s Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability (OPEGA) today released their report…
Democrat siblings bookend the transfer of up to $600,000 in public funds *story updated Tension over a controversial multi-million-dollar carbon-trading…
At the MaineHousing board meeting this morning, the board began the meeting by going into an executive session at the…
by Terrilyn Simpson A unanimous pro vote on the MSHA Accountability Bill in legislative committee on Thursday was a strong…
The legislative Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development postponed a work session this afternoon regarding LD 1778, the…
By Terrilyn Simpson Review of a bill seeking more accountability from the Maine State Housing Authority halted when legislators faced…
by Terrilyn Simpson Maine State Housing Authority Director Dale McCormick is predicting a huge payback on the carbon offset project…
by Terrilyn Simpson Elm Terrace, the housing project that catapulted the Maine State Housing Authority and Director Dale McCormick into media…
Maine State Housing Director Dale McCormick has entered into a deal with Chevrolet to sell carbon offset credits from the…
Homelessness is a problem often associated with bigger cities, but frequently overlooked in small, rural states like Maine. But the…
Editorial After revelations of millions of dollars in travel and ‘training’ expenses that included staff parties, gift cards, and tens…
NOTE: This story has been corrected from the original. Travel spending has risen 37% in last five years, training has…
This article has been updated with new totals in the millions. Click here to read the latest. Documents obtained by…
The Maine State Housing Authority was scheduled to release expenditure data today to fulfill a Freedom of Access Act request…
The Maine State Housing accountability bill, after churning its way through sponsorship, co-sponsorship, emergency status acceptance – so that it…
Sunday’s Portland Press Herald editorial appeared to be a careful consideration of state policy, but a look behind the rhetoric…
by Terrilyn Simpson It was a gun threat against Maine Governor Paul LePage by an alleged violent offender. And yet,…
by Terrilyn Simpson Supporters of the Maine State Housing accountability bill were obviously chagrined by the breaches in protocol allowed…
by Terrilyn Simpson OPEGA has initiated a rapid response review of Maine State Housing Authority vendor expenditures following the release…
by Terrilyn Simpson Maine Senator Debra Plowman walked into the lobby of the Maine State Housing Authority in Augusta recently…
by Terrilyn Simpson It was hijinks and raucous theater — from the feigned insecurity of the security detail to Dale’s…
Maine Housing Director Dale McCormick spent $15,000 in public funds on a theater group for prison inmates.
This week, Maine State Housing Authority Director Dale McCormick confirmed what many had suspected– that she was using her position…
by Terrilyn Simpson Legislative protocol went out the window on one front in Augusta on Thursday but managed to firmly…
by Terrilyn Simpson George and Ric were on the air. And so was the husband of someone who worked for…
A story in today’s Portland Press Herald by Susan Cover quotes Maine Housing spokesperson Deborah Turcotte responding to yesterday’s story…
by Sam Adolphsen What do social justice groups, professional DJs, massage therapists and luxury hotels have to do with affordable…
by Terrilyn Simpson The legislative bill aimed at holding the director of the Maine State Housing Authority accountable to the…
DEVELOPING: According to minutes from the Maine State Housing Authority’s board of commissioners meetings,the agency gave $1,000 non-performance-based bonuses to…
by Terrilyn Simpson The Maine State Housing Authority issued a report late Friday afternoon purported to be a straightforward, independent…
The Maine State Housing Authority released their report on the Avesta/Norway Section 8 inspection debacle late Friday. The big question…
What do prison theater classes have to do with affordable housing? As the state scrambles to replace millions in reduced…
by Terrilyn Simpson A bill to make the director of the Maine State Housing Authority accountable to the MSHA board…
The Maine Wire has obtained a copy of a letter sent today by U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) to the…
by Leif Parsell Maine State Housing Authority staffers continue to offer few answers to questions surrounding the handling of the…
The Maine Heritage Policy Center, the parent organization of this website, released the following information regarding Maine State Housing Authority…