Maine Addresses Housing Data Gap with New Law to Track Building Permits Statewide

Maine addresses housing data gap with new law to track building permits statewide

A recent study also found Maine lacks a reliable way to track housing production across the state.

Maine rolls out housing tracker to address 84,000-home shortage

A new state law aims to improve transparency and accountability by tracking how many housing units Maine communities are building and where gaps remain.

Maine will start tracking how much housing is being built in the state

Maine’s largest city approved more than 1,300 new units of housing in 2025 — but only 159 homes were actually built in the last year. That information is available on a housing dashboard operated by Portland’s Department of Planning and Urban Development. The webpage shows how many homes were approved and completed each year dating back to 2010. Next year, that same information from 92 Maine communities will be gathered and reported to the state…