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Legislators, housing advocates call for action to address Maine's affordable housing crunch


Legislators, housing advocates call for action to address Maine’s affordable housing crunch
Some Mainers wait 8 years for housing vouchers
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Updated: 8:39 PM EDT Apr 27, 2021
Some Mainers wait 8 years for housing vouchers
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Updated: 8:39 PM EDT Apr 27, 2021
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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 t ....

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State legislators, housing advocates call for action to address Maine's affordable housing crunch


State legislators, housing advocates call for action to address Maine’s affordable housing crunch
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Outside the Maine State House on Tuesday, Kathy Rondone helped put a face on the challenges low-and-fixed income residents sometimes face to find affordable or subsidized housing.
“The four words that changed my life were, ‘Your husband has Alzheimer’s,’” Rondone said.Sign up for our Newsletters
She and her husband, Frank, had bought a fixer-upper in Augusta as their retirement nest, but his illness put an end to the repairs.
“I actually lived for five months without heat or water, because of plumbing problems,” Rondone said. ....

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