As Housing Costs Put Maine’s Future in Question, Poll Finds 85% View Affordable Housing Availability Negatively

How Maine Made Housing Harder to Build

The Portland Press Herald recently reported that a Siena Research Institute survey of 824 Maine residents found 85% of respondents viewed the availability of affordable housing negatively. Another 65% thought it was unlikely that people in their communities could afford quality housing. The survey, commissioned by the Maine Trust for Local News and conducted in […]

As Housing Costs Put Maine’s Future in Question, Poll Finds 85% View Affordable Housing Availability Negatively

A Bangor carpenter says he has saved for 15 years and still cannot afford a home. He is considering whether his future lies outside Maine. His dilemma gives a human face to a new statewide survey: 85% of Mainers polled had a negative view of the availability of affordable housing. The finding was reported Tuesday [...] The post As Housing Costs Put Maine’s Future in Question, Poll Finds 85% View Affordable Housing Availability Negatively appeare…

There are a lot of things people love about Maine. Housing isn’t one of them.

A survey of 824 Mainers by the Siena Research Institute found an overwhelming 85% of people have negative feelings about the availability of affordable housing here.