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Housing

Published
September 20, 2017

Maine home sales get late-summer boost

Both sales volume and median sale price increased in August from a year earlier.
Published
August 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.
Published
August 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.
Published
July 17, 2017

Evicted without cause and forced to live in shabby room, Portland woman dies alone

Margaret Peters, who was 56, couldn't find an affordable apartment in the city and ended up in a condemned building that she was desperate to leave.
Published
July 2, 2017

Buying into a low-energy subdivision may be too costly for some

Visions of an energy-efficient development shift as buyers balk at the price tag.

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Published
June 26, 2017

Portland’s tight housing market puts low-income renter in bind

Margaret Peters scrambled to find housing in 2015 after her landlord evicted her to make renovations. Now she's facing eviction – and poor prospects – again.
Published
June 6, 2017

Portland to unveil affordable, energy-efficient apartments

Bayside Anchor's 45 apartments are rented and the project will be celebrated at a grand opening Wednesday.
Published
April 23, 2017

One of Westbrook’s few remaining farmers stands up to sprawl

As a residential building boom spreads toward his family's century-old Westbrook farm, L. Arthur Randall Jr. draws a line at his pastures.
Published
March 7, 2017

Big fight over tiny houses placed on Portland lot is headed to court

A spokeswoman says the city welcomes micro homes if they're properly zoned and permitted, but Brent Adler says 'temporary living quarters' on wheels don't have to meet municipal building codes.
Published
February 1, 2017

Affordable housing provider says requests rose in Maine

The president of Avesta Housing, which also serves New Hampshire, says the numbers are of concern because the provider is expecting budget cuts at the federal level.