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Mar. 15—AUGUSTA, Maine — A top legislative Democrat significantly watered down his signature housing bill on Monday, potentially paving the way for a compromise on changes to zoning laws ...
Volk was known as a moderate Republican who worked across the aisle on many issues, including tax reform [4] and affordable housing issues, including consistent funding for Maine homeless shelters and lead abatement. In 2016, Volk received the Elizabeth H. Mitchell Housing Leadership Award from the Maine Affordable Housing Coalition. [5]
The housing crisis in Maine is too big, and hits too many people, to pass up the opportunity. The bill passed a legislative committee this week, but only after two of its most ... EDITORIAL: A lot ...
Dec. 5—AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine has advanced a housing policy agenda that would be among the most aggressive in the nation in addressing soaring costs, but it faces a difficult path in a state ...
Aug. 14—When Redbank Village Apartments started raising rents as much as 35% last spring, South Portland city councilors scrambled to enact a six-month emergency rent cap to keep increases at no ...
The United States Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (commonly referred to as HERA) was designed primarily to address the subprime mortgage crisis.It authorized the Federal Housing Administration to guarantee up to $300 billion in new 30-year fixed rate mortgages for subprime borrowers if lenders wrote down principal loan balances to 90 percent of current appraisal value.
Gerald Edgerton Talbot (born October 28, 1931) is an American civil rights leader, author, and politician from Portland, Maine.Talbot was the first Black legislator to serve in the state of Maine, the founding president of the Portland, Maine, chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and was president of the Maine State Board of Education under ...
Maine grew by 10,000 people over the previous year, ... Jan. 9—During the 12-month period that ended last July 1, 17,600 Maine people died. During that same period, there were only 11,300 births