Stories Related to The Maine City with One Of The Nation’s Most Ambitious Housing Plans

The BDN is exploring Maine’s housing crisis from every possible angle, from how it affects home prices, to what it means for Mainers across the state. Read our ongoing coverage here and fill out this form to tell us what you want to know.The city of Auburn’s recent efforts to sharply boost the number of homes there led Discourse magazine to call it “the YIMBYest city in America,” a reference to the “yes in my backyard” pro-housing movement. Why it matters: Mayor Jason Levesque, a former Republican congressional candidate and businessman who was elected narrowly in 2015, staked much of his first term on a hotly contested plan to allow development in the city’s agricultural zone. Just after he won reelection four years later, the city council passed a pared-down version of that plan.

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