Bangor is building less new housing than far smaller Maine towns

“In Maine, over the last like 10 years or so, economic growth and the growth in available jobs has been more concentrated in the Greater Portland area, which goes all the way down to York County,” James Myall, an economist with the liberal Maine Center for Economic Policy, said. “So there probably is a greater demand for housing there.”

Click here to read the full story, first published November 25, 2023 in Bangor Daily News.