LD1656 - Affordable Housing with Labor Standards

(2021)

An Act To Promote Energy-efficient Affordable Housing

What is the bill?

Working people face a housing squeeze. Maine is short more than 20,000 housing units, rents are skyrocketing and many workers can’t afford to live where they work. This bill funds the construction of affordable, energy efficient housing with a skilled local construction workforce. The housing will be developed under a project labor agreement – a pre-hire, project wide agreement to ensure the work is high quality and delivered on time and under budget.

What happened?

Passed the House and Senate, $20 Million funded in LD 1733

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