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How more high-end housing might actually ease Maine's affordability crisis

Summary by Bangor Daily News

When Mainers shoot down a proposed housing development as unaffordable, they could actually be hurting their cause. “I appreciate genuine concern over affordability,” Jason Bird, housing development director at Penquis, Bangor’s community action agency, said. “But any new unit of housing helps overall supply, and we are tens of thousands of units short.” Historic housing underproduction means that Maine is short up to 40,000 homes right now, a l…

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How more high-end housing might actually ease Maine's affordability crisis

10 days ago·Bangor, United States

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