Lawmakers look to old school buildings as potential for new housing

By: Eesha Pendharkar

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: February 17, 2026

Words: 563

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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A new proposal seeks to create a fund to help municipalities redevelop vacant school buildings into housing.

“Converting vacant schools into housing is a common sense approach to creating affordable and attainable housing in many communities,” Rep. Traci Gere (D-Kennebunkport) told members of the Maine Legislature’s Housing and Economic Development Committee on Tuesday.

The bill, LD 2164, would provide financial and technical assistance to communities to help them convert unused school buildings into housing, …

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