December 18: ‘Our courtrooms aren’t big enough’: Tenants take the last, desperate step to avoid eviction 

RHA President, Brit Vitalius, and several other RHA board members were interviewed in a recent article by Central Maine highlighting the challenges facing both tenants and landlords as emergency assistance comes to an end. 

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December 19: Developer plans to add 800 housing units in Bayside 

Port Property Management and West Bayside Partners LLC are proposing an 800-unit project in Portland’s Bayside neighborhood. Planning is currently in the early stages, and material was submitted last week to the city. The project would be among one of the largest Portland has seen in terms of units. 

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December 20: Avesta Housing won’t move forward with Winchester Woods project 

Avesta Housing announced this week that they are no longer purchasing a development in East Deering for their 48-unit housing development. The housing development, Winchester Woods, was to be reserved for asylum seekers. Sara Olson, vice president of advancement at Avesta Housing, said, “The Winchester Woods plan required a multitude of partners, resources and circumstances to align in order to be possible.” 

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December 20: Brunswick extends housing development moratorium 

On Monday evening, The Brunswick Town Council voted to extend their housing development moratorium. The moratorium prevents the “review of development projects containing 30 or more housing units unless at least 15% of those units are reserved for households making no more than Brunswick’s area median income.” Brunswick’s Town Council will hold a public hearing on January 17 before deciding to extend the moratorium for a full six months. 

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