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LD 772, now Public Law 2023, Chapter 598, Took Effect on August 9, 2024 On August 9, 2024, MEREDA’s newest legislative success, Public Law 2023, Chapter 598, An Act to...
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Maine Housing Production Needs Study Finds Maine Must Create 84,000 Units of Housing by 2030 to Meet Current, Future Demand
Read ArticleMEREDA ACTION ALERT: LD 772, PERMITTING PREDICTABILITY
We are asking MEREDA members to provide testimony in support of LD 772, An Act to Establish a Process to Vest Rights for Land Use Permit Applicants, sponsored by Sen....
Read ArticleEND OF LEGISLATIVE SESSION UPDATE
Check out our End of Session Legislative Update! After one of the longest legislative stretches in recent history, the Maine State Legislature finally concluded its business on July 26, 2023,...
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MEREDA’s Landmark Permitting Predictability Law Goes Into Effect
LD 772, now Public Law 2023, Chapter 598, Took Effect on August 9, 2024 On August 9, 2024, MEREDA’s newest legislative success, Public Law 2023, Chapter 598, An Act to...
Read ArticleFALL LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Maine Housing Production Needs Study Finds Maine Must Create 84,000 Units of Housing by 2030 to Meet Current, Future Demand
Read ArticleMEREDA ACTION ALERT: LD 772, PERMITTING PREDICTABILITY
We are asking MEREDA members to provide testimony in support of LD 772, An Act to Establish a Process to Vest Rights for Land Use Permit Applicants, sponsored by Sen....
Read ArticleEND OF LEGISLATIVE SESSION UPDATE
Check out our End of Session Legislative Update! After one of the longest legislative stretches in recent history, the Maine State Legislature finally concluded its business on July 26, 2023,...
Read ArticleSUMMER LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
MEREDA successfully worked with the Maine State Legislature to enact two bills this session: LD 975, which aligns Maine’s elevator safety standards to the standards in the Maine Uniform Building...
Read ArticleInclusionary Zoning/Workforce Affordable Housing
Alternatives to a Misguided Policy Solution to Maine’s Workforce Housing Crisis
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MEREDA Needs Your Help!! We are asking MEREDA members to support the Enough is Enough campaign in opposition to five citizen initiatives and eight Charter Commission questions on the ballot...
Read ArticlePortland Ballot to Have 13 Referendum Questions this November
This fall, Portland voters will be asked to support or oppose 13 referendum questions. As recently noted by our friends at the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce (PRCC), these 13...
Read ArticleLocal Issues Committee Ramps Up in Opposition to Rent Stabilization, Inclusionary Zoning
Following on the heels of a legislative session in which housing advocates united around the need to fix the supply shortage in Maine’s residential housing market, many towns and cities...
Read ArticleAdjournment of 130th Legislature
130th Legislature Adjourns Sine Die on May 9, 2022 The Second Regular Session of the 130th Legislature adjourned sine die (meaning “without day,” or without intent to return) on May...
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