UMaine researchers deploy new tool to build affordable housing: giant 3D printer

Affordable housing

Published
July 17, 2022

UMaine researchers deploy new tool to build affordable housing: giant 3D printer

The university's Advanced Structures and Composites Center hopes to create a prototype house using abundant supplies of wood fiber.
Published
July 1, 2022

Demand remains strong for mobile homes, if you can wait up to a year for delivery

Prices have jumped 50-100% in the past three years.
Published
June 27, 2022

Workforce housing proposed for Western Avenue in Augusta

The developer of the Stevens Commons site in Hallowell is hoping to build more than three dozen studio and one-bedroom apartments at 99 Western Ave. for people making up to 60% of the area's average income.
Published
June 23, 2022

Nearly half of all Maine tenants cannot afford rent, new study says

A Harvard University report indicates that Maine's renters are struggling – something that those in the affordable housing arena know all too well.
Published
May 22, 2022

Our View: Auburn leads in housing development

The city and its Republican mayor show that lowering housing costs through zoning reform doesn’t have to be a partisan battle.

Published
May 20, 2022

Augusta councilors eye new plans for prioritizing affordable housing as top city goal

Goals for the year, just approved by the Augusta City Council, also include expanding ways to help people with substance use disorder, revitalizing Sand Hill, improving pedestrian safety, and solving the problem of Hatch Hill landfill filling up.
Published
May 17, 2022

Waterville City Council approves rezoning Highwood Street property for housing project

City councilors also approve request by fire Chief Shawn Esler to spend $60,000 on a study to assess the Fire Department's EMS services, which would help determine whether the department should continue to partner with Delta Ambulance.
Published
May 16, 2022

Cost of Waterville housing project estimated at up to $15 million

The Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter held a virtual community discussion Monday about the shelter's proposal to turn 8 Highwood St. into housing for seniors and adults with disabilities and their families, as well as emergency apartments for homeless people.
Published
May 16, 2022

Waterville City Council slated to take final vote on Highwood Street rezoning

City officials to revisit rezoning request Tuesday by the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter, which seeks to develop an abandoned building into apartments for seniors and adults with families, with some emergency units for the homeless.
Published
May 16, 2022

Maine Voices: Let’s try to keep Maine’s housing problems from getting worse

As the state tries to increase the supply of affordable housing, investors are jacking up the rents in existing affordable apartments.