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State Rep. Christopher Kessler is sponsoring a bill that would add a fee to short-term rentals and vacation homes that are vacant more than six months of the year to help fund affordable housing programs. Kessler’s district includes parts of Scarborough and South Portland, where in Thornton Heights, an affordable housing development seen at right is being built across from motels that frequently are used as housing for the homeless.
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Some Maine lawmakers want to impose new fees on wealthier property owners who own vacation homes or operate short-term rentals and use that additional revenue to increase affordable housing.
Bill would impose new fees on vacation homes, short-term rentals
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Maine s home sales were on fire in February, up 23%
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Brunswick’s Yankee Lanes bowling alley, a 60-year-old landmark, up for sale
Owner Nelson Moody said he has a potential buyer interested in continuing to run Yankee Lanes as a bowling alley.
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BRUNSWICK A landmark in Brunswick for 60 years, Yankee Lanes bowling alley near Cook’s Corner is on the market for $2.3 million.
Owner Nelson Moody on Wednesday said he has a potential buyer who would continue operating it as a bowling alley.
“Oh we’re going to be around; we’re not going anywhere,” Moody said.
Moody said he is not selling because of the coronavirus pandemic, which has spurred some businesses to close their doors for good.
Portland rent control hasn t deterred multifamily buyers
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