Angst over Maine’s high property taxes hampers efforts to make them fairer
Many Maine municipalities are doing their first revaluations since the pandemic boom in home values, making residents concerned about taxes.
August ‘radio hour’ digs into USDA housing loan program foreclosures
The show offers a behind-the-scenes look at recent reporting published on The Monitor's website.
Are you a public housing resident behind on rent? Received an Eviction Notice? Here’s what to know in Maine.
If you’re one of 1.6 million tenants living in public housing nationally, including 6,000 in Maine, here are some available safeguards.
A Maine woman paid her back rent. Her record still says she was evicted.
Repayment plans are supposed to help public housing tenants avoid eviction. In Maine, these deals have put evictions on their permanent records, even if they’ve fulfilled all the terms and were never actually evicted.
Tight rental market keeps domestic violence survivors in shelters longer
Advocates said they could meet only a fraction of the demand for emergency housing, with only 14 percent of eligible clients receiving shelter statewide.
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