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🏘️ Trump's budget will slash HUD's budget 43.6% and slash rental assistance 42.8%. 55,400 Maine people (senior citizens, people with disabilities, children) rely on federal rental assistance. Act!
https://nlihc.org/resource/trump-administrations-skinny-budget-request-foreshadows-massive-cuts-changes-hud-programsTrump Administration’s “Skinny” Budget Request Foreshadows Massive Cuts, Changes to HUD Programs – Take Action!
President Donald Trump released a “skinny” budget request on May 2 indicating the Administration will pursue cuts that would decimate HUD’s vital affordable housing, homelessness, and community development funding in its full fiscal year 2026 (FY26) spending request expected later this month.
🏘️ Perhaps tariffs and construction costs, interest rates and buyer hesitancy in an economic environment with a high level of uncertainty have something to do with it.
https://www.mainebiz.biz/article/escalating-costs-and-zoning-restrictions-sideline-portland-housing-projects
Housing construction in greater Boston stymied by sky-high costs
The construction pause is a testament to how high interest rates and materials costs are preventing developers from building much-needed projects.
🏘️ There used to be a thing called a reasonable return on investment. Perhaps investors are seeking much, much more than what is reasonable.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/05/business/cambridge-affordable-housing-development/?event=event25
Cambridge affordable housing rules prevent growth, developers say
Housing is so expensive to build right now that some developers say the city's requirement that 20 percent of units be aside at below-market rents is making otherwise profitable projects too costly.
Reminder: Today's nationwide mobilization. Monument Square 11-1. www.mobilize.us/handsoff/
🚨 Please take a moment to read this important notice about this Saturday's nationwide Hands Off! mobilization to stop Donald Trump and Elon Musk's illegal billionaire power-grab.
https://www.mobilize.us/handsoff/event/765634/
Hands Off! Portland, Maine Fights Back · Hands Off
**Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them.** Portland, Maine is fighting back!
They're taking everything they can get their hands on—our health care, our data, our jobs, our services—and daring the world to stop them. This is a crisis, and the time to act is now.
🚨 **On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the streets to fight back with a clear message: Hands off!** 🚨
📍 Where: Monument Square, Portland Maie
📅 When: 11 am, April 5, 2025
This mass mobilization day is our message to the world that we do not consent to the destruction of our government and our economy for the benefit of Trump and his billionaire allies. Alongside Americans across the country, we are marching, rallying, and protesting to demand a stop the chaos and build an opposition movement against the looting of our country.
A core principle behind all Hands Off! events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values.
Check out handsoff2025.com for more information.
🎒 "As a District, we will not deviate from our path of supporting all of our students and staff to achieve at high levels. This will require us to dig deep into our data, to investigate differences in outcomes and act aggressively to address those gaps."
https://www.portlandschools.org/superintendent-statement-18-2025Superintendent Statement - March 18, 2025 - Portland Public Schools
Superintendent Statement - March 18, 2025 - Portland Public Schools
Maine is one of 20 states suing Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and President Donald Trump to reverse layoffs at the federal Department of Education.
https://www.mainepublic.org/education-news/2025-03-14/maine-joins-lawsuit-to-reverse-department-of-education-layoffs
Maine joins lawsuit to reverse Department of Education layoffs
Maine is one of 20 states suing Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and President Donald Trump to reverse layoffs at the federal Department of Education.
