A new article in Maine Town & City highlights the many housing challenges Maine communities are facing amidst the global pandemic COVID-19. As out-of-state residents ditch their cramped city apartments for the ease of life in Maine, they are pricing out existing Mainers while exposing long-time problems with our housing. The article lays out a new housing playbook that is relevant to communities all over the state. The playbook offers in-depth explanations of the barriers that stand in the way of building housing and what can be done to remove them. As we phase into a post-pandemic world, we can usher in a new era of Maine housing that works for everyone.
