Legislators, housing advocates call for action to address Maineâs affordable housing crunch
Some Mainers wait 8 years for housing vouchers Share Updated: 8:39 PM EDT Apr 27, 2021
Some Mainers wait 8 years for housing vouchers Share Updated: 8:39 PM EDT Apr 27, 2021
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Show Transcript state legislators say 30,000 Maine residents are on waiting lists for the states, 14,000 affordable housing units. While the state builds only 250 new units every year. We need to invest heavily and we need to be building 1000 units a year. Lewiston s raise up housing cooperative offers these affordable apartments for 15 low income households, and I have to tell people that it ll probably be 2 to 3 years before we have a unit that would be available to meet their needs for people in substance use recovery. These Augusta rooming houses with rooms with a shared kitchen renting for 100 $75 a week are usually full. I text them every single day in hopes