AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN BIDDEFORD

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The Gazette’s three-part series regarding housing issues in Biddeford

PART ONE | BIDDEFORD’S HOUSING CRISIS | INTRO (Feb. 6, 2025)

A large conference table takes up the center of Biddeford Mayor Marty Grohman’s second-floor office at City Hall. On that table is a large aerial photo of the city’s downtown area, where several new housing projects are either under construction or in development.

Grohman can’t help but to get excited when talking about the city’s potential for growth and prosperity, but he is also mindful of the struggles the city still faces in terms of increasing rental costs, home prices and the lack of affordable housing. | READ MORE | PART ONE

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PART TWO | THE EXPERTS SPEAK (FEB. 12, 2025)

You see it all the time. Whenever elected officials or media outlets use the words “affordable housing,” there is often an almost immediate pushback from people who say those housing units are not really “affordable.” This is especially true in the city of Biddeford, the latest community to join southern Maine’s so-called “gold coast.” READ MORE | PART TWO

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PART THREE | DEVELOPERS OFFER THEIR PERSPECTIVE (March 7, 2026)

When discussing Biddeford’s housing crisis, the bulk of the conversation often settles upon issues of homelessness, low-income housing or so-called “affordable” housing projects.

But there is another important piece to the puzzle. Over the last few years, pricing for single-family homes has been skyrocketing as the demand for housing continues to soar throughout southern Maine. READ MORE | PART THREE