Randy Billings is a government watchdog and political reporter who has been covering Portland City Hall for the Press Herald since 2012. His beat touches on a wide range of topics, including immigration, homelessness, education, tourism, real estate development and the economy in Maine’s largest city. He has been a Portland-based journalist since 2005. A life-long Mainer who loves the outdoors, Randy is also a bassist who brews his own beer at his North Yarmouth home, where he lives with his wife and two children.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2017
Affordable housing in the works for East Bayside, East Deering
The Portland Housing Authority is poised to file plans for 2 projects totaling more than 155 units of housing.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2017
Error kept 2 citizens initiatives off Portland ballot; another may put them on it
A 2011 change to an ordinance requiring the City Council to hold a public hearing on any citizens initiative at least 90 days before the election apparently wasn’t properly enacted.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2017
Activists rally at Portland City Hall to push for November ballot initiatives
One group says it was told its rent-stabilization initiative would go to a vote in November, but city officials would not confirm it.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2017
Developer aims to address need for affordable housing with new apartments in Parkside
Avesta Housing’s $10 million Deering Place would be available to residents with incomes of $20,000 to $40,000, a response to affordability concerns in Portland’s red hot real estate market.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2017
Error by City Clerk’s Office will keep 2 housing initiatives off Portland’s November ballot
Officials didn’t allow enough time for a public hearing 90 days before the election, so votes on rent control and zoning changes can’t occur on Nov. 7, angering activists.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2017
Housing activists get enough signatures to prompt vote on limiting Portland rent increases
Fair Rent Portland will announce Monday that it has more than enough signatures to get its rent stabilization proposal on the November ballot.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2017
Portland woman living in condemned building died of heart attack, medical examiner says
‘Maggie’ Peters, who had struggled with homelessness, was forced to live in shabby conditions after being evicted from her previous apartment so it could be renovated to allow higher rents.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2017
Councilors to Mayor Strimling: ‘You need to get it together’
Portland councilors’ effort to ease tension between the mayor and City Manager Jon Jennings makes little progress, and Jennings says he’ll resign if he has to give the mayor free access to city staffers.
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PublishedJuly 24, 2017
Wharf Street’s days as bar scene epicenter may be numbered
As the cobblestone former back alley continues to evolve, upscale bars and restaurants are replacing nightclubs and taverns.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2017
Portland mayor wants to require more affordable housing
Mayor Ethan Strimling’s proposal would double the required number of units affordable to middle-income earners in some new developments and lower the prices on those units.
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