Portland's Housing Preservation Ordinance

The Portland Press Herald ran a story about Portland's ordinance that charges property owners $57,800 per unit to fund the replacement of housing units taken out of service. The article raises more questions than it answers and buried in the comments are a few good ones.

Brunswick area homebuyer subsidies

The Times Record reports that the State of Maine is weighing in with $10million to boost demand for housing stock vacated by the closure of Brunswick Naval Air Station.