To determine the extent of the eviction crisis in Maine and inform policymakers of its implications, the Maine Affordable Housing Coalition (MAHC) launched an eviction tracking database (ETD) in the summer of 2020. MAHC published initial findings from the ETD in...
March 20, 2019 Research released today by the Maine Affordable Housing Coalition reveals that Maine has the lowest screening rate for childhood lead poisoning in New England, and is the only state in the region that has not enacted a universal lead screening law. The...
August 9, 2018 Susan Sharon Maine Public It’s late June, and Joy is packing up her family’s belongings as her boyfriend carries furniture and other items out to a borrowed truck. He’s taking it all to a rented storage unit. Joy and her three kids are...
June 13, 2018 By Joe Lawlor Portland Press Herald Maine’s rental market is among the least affordable in the nation, according to a report released Wednesday that places it alongside high-housing-cost states such as California, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Hawaii....
February 2, 2016 MPBN News By Patty Wight AUGUSTA, Maine — According to the Maine Center for Disease Control, over the past decade more than 1,300 Maine children had high levels of lead in their blood. Last year, the Legislature responded by tightening the...
February 1, 2016 Bangor Daily News By Scott Thistle, Sun Journal AUGUSTA, Maine — A new state lead-poisoning standard passed into law in 2015 is sitting in limbo, according to lawmakers and advocates who say Maine should move quickly on the change to more...
October 24, 2015 centralmaine.com By Raegan Larochelle Only one affordable senior housing property is under construction in the entire state of Maine — the 47-unit Hodgkins School project in Augusta. On Nov. 3, voters have an opportunity to improve the...
