Paradigm Shifting Quiz: Should the Follow-Up Study to Maine's New Emergency Housing Act, Preceded It?

A comprehensive approach to Maine's housing shortage study would not have relegated the study of short-term rentals to an afterthought.

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GrowSmart Maine’s executive director Nancy Smith is a registered lobbyist, Since 2016 GrowSmart Maine has taken an about-turn from advocating roots-up development to advocating for top-down centrally-controlled management GrowSmart commits up to 20% of its resources to communicating directly with the Legislature and the Governor and her staff. The Grow Smart Policy Actions are filed under docs at Maine.gov. There is no explanation for why but I am guessing it has to do with being a registered lobbyist.

Grow Smart’s Problem Statement https://legislature.maine.gov/doc/9175

Maine’s current uncoordinated approach to building places is causing real, unintended, and significant social,environmental, financial, economic, and cultural challenges and requires the creation of a cohesive approach to land development, redevelopment, and placemaking source

There are always unintended consequences.

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