July 2, 2017 By Charles Eichacker Press Herald ‘Hundreds of kids are getting addressed now, instead of waiting until they get super-poisoned,’ says Greg Payne, director of the Maine Affordable Housing Coalition. About a dozen years ago, a doctor...
June 8, 2017 By Christopher Cousins Bangor Daily News AUGUSTA, Maine — The issuance of $15 million in voter-approved bonds to build affordable senior citizen housing in Maine will likely have to wait at least until Gov. Paul LePage leaves office following a House vote...
June 7, 2017 By Scott Thistle Press Herald Sen. Roger Katz’s bill forces the governor to sign off on voter-approved money to build affordable elderly housing. AUGUSTA — The Maine Senate voted 26-9 Wednesday to override a Gov. Paul LePage veto of a bill that...
May 15, 2017 By Marina Villeneuve Press Herald The legislation would release $15 million in voter-approved bonds that the governor has withheld despite a severe shortage of homes for the elderly. AUGUSTA — Housing developers and affordable housing advocates are hoping...
July 5, 2016 By Kelly Bouchard Press Herald The immediate need for at least 9,000 apartments for low-income older Mainers has resulted in a stalemate between Republican Gov. Paul LePage and his Democratic adversaries. Gov. Paul LePage and his adversaries agree that...
March 11, 2016 BDN Maine By Michael Sheperd Gov. Paul LePage has been under pressure to release $15 million in bonds to build housing for elderly Mainers. The bonds were approved by nearly 70 percent of voters in 2015, but LePage hasn’t said that he’ll authorize their...
March 11, 2016 BDN Maine By The BDN Editorial Board Housing and rental prices are on the rise, and apartment vacancy rates are near zero in Portland, highlighting the city’s popularity as a place to live, work and retire. In many ways, these are positive signs for the...
March 9, 2016 BDN Maine By Scott Thistle AUGUSTA, Maine — A bipartisan group of Lewiston-Auburn lawmakers is again asking the Maine Department of Health and Human Services to pick up the pace on implementing new lead-poisoning standards that were passed into law more...
March 3, 2016 Portland Press Herald By Eric Russell AUGUSTA — A legislative committee gave preliminary approval Thursday to a measure that would create a single statewide waiting list and online application to obtain federal housing assistance through the program...
March 3, 2016 Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel Rich Livingston, President, AARP Maine Despite its passage months ago, the bond funds earmarked for older Mainers in need of affordable housing have yet to be released. Maine State Housing Authority awaits word from Gov....
February 28, 2016 Portland Press Herald By Amy Gallant and Sherrin Vail To enable more Mainers to age in their own homes, Gov. LePage should release the voter-approved money at once. It appears that the satisfaction over passage of the statewide senior...
February 28, 2016 BDN By Mark Eves, Special to the BDN Last week, the Maine State Housing Authority Board of Directors wrote a letter to Gov. Paul LePage, asking for guidance on when and if he would release voter-approved bonds for affordable senior housing passed by...
