A New Program is Showing Promise in Chipping Away at Maine’s Affordable Housing Crisis
A rendering shows four apartment buildings envisioned on Weston Avenue in Madison. Two of the buildings have received approval through MaineHousing’s rural affordable rental housing program.
The rain is just beginning to clear over central Maine as Sam Hight approaches a grassy lot several blocks away from the Madison municipal office. He points to a white, two-story home with a hipped roof and large front porch just across the street on Weston Ave., which will serve as a model for two apartment buildings he had planned for this location.
“The building is literally going to look like that, but just larger," he said. "It's going to look like it's always been here."