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Bill would let Maine Redevelopment Land Bank help convert vacant schools into housing; sponsors seek $5 million fund
Summary
LD2164 would create a statewide vacant school conversion program and a $5 million Maine School Conversion Fund to help municipalities with planning, hazardous-material abatement and capital gaps. The Land Bank and municipal officials urged support; questions focused on fund size, prioritization and ownership models.
Representative Tracy Geer presented LD2164 to establish a vacant school housing conversion program at the Maine Redevelopment Land Bank Authority and to create a Maine School Conversion Fund to support planning, abatement and capital gaps for school-to-housing conversions.
Gabe Govan, director at Maine Redevelopment, said the Land Bank has piloted school-reuse planning and developed a toolkit; he told the committee that approximately two…
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