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About Western Maine Mountain Housing

We are a nonprofit organization dedicated to maintaining the economic and civic health of western Maine by creating permanently affordable, year-round workforce housing for individuals and families in Kingfield, Carrabassett Valley, Wyman Township, Coplin Plantation, and Stratton/ Eustis. We are based in Kingfield with board members from each of the affected towns. We are a group of volunteers with deep roots in western Maine. Some of us are descendants of families with long histories here, while others arrived more recently and got hooked on the area, decided to stay, opened businesses and raised children here. Making sure housing remains affordable in western Maine is, for us, a personal quest to preserve the character of the towns we love and make sure many more generations call western Maine home. Over the last several years, the cost of a home in the area has skyrocketed. Today, fewer than one out of every five homes is affordable to a worker earning the area median income of $53,000. For renters, the market is virtually nonexistent, with just 4% of the area housing stock available as non-seasonal rental housing. Because of the housing crunch, there has been an outflow of families from the region, our businesses struggle to hire and retain quality staff, and many area workers commute more than 25 miles. These trends stunt the area’s vitality, generational diversity, and economic growth. Our properties will be multifamily buildings owned and managed by Kingfield-based Western Maine Housing, with renters and buyers who have been vetted as active members of the area workforce. In later phases, we will develop and sell single-family homes. We are committed to maintaining attractive, well-managed properties that make living locally realistic for the families and individuals who help our towns thrive

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