A WIN for Middle Housing with Elizabeth Frazier, with Pierce Atwood; Jason Howe, with Preti Flaherty; and Chris Marshall, with Acadia Realty Partners and GreenMars Development

A WIN for Middle Housing with Elizabeth Frazier, Partner at Pierce Atwood; Jason Howe, Equity Partner at Preti Flaherty and Chair of the firm’s Real Estate and Finance Group; and Chris Marshall, Partner at Acadia Realty Partners and Founding Member of GreenMars Development.

Maine’s housing crisis is no longer just about affordability — it’s about access, scale, and who gets left behind. In this episode of MEREDA Matters, host Shannon Richards sits down with developer Chris Marshall, along with Elizabeth Frazier and Jason Howe from MEREDA’s Public Policy Committee working inside the Legislature to unpack why even high-earning households are struggling to buy homes, and why younger and middle-income Mainers increasingly have no path in at all.

As the market has failed to produce the middle housing needed to keep Maine growing and thriving. Our communities are missing key individuals – nurses, municipal workers, firefighters, teachers, and more – because the cost of housing wildly exceeds Mainers’ incomes. We’ll explore how LD 1926 would add density incentives to create more workforce and middle housing. Shortly after this podcast was recorded, the Housing and Economic Development Committee voted down LD 1926 without fair consideration.

If you like what you hear on today’s podcast, we strongly encourage you to contact the committee by contacting members (found on the lower left hand corner of this page). Tell them to reconsider their vote and endorse LD 1926 for passage to add middle housing to Maine’s market.

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