See where mobile home lot rent ordinances are on the ballot across Maine
ELIOT, Maine — Voters in at least eight towns and cities across Maine will decide whether to add some level of rent control for mobile home parks on Nov. 3, offering the potential to almost double the number of places that have financial protections for park residents. Eight municipalities have already passed similar measures this year, according to a Maine Monitor analysis. Two others had approved permanent protections before then. And other towns have passed temporary rent freezes. Interest in such protections has grown as concerns about the price and availability of housing in Maine has reached a zenith in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mobile home parks, where residents typically own their units but pay rent for the land they sit on, are considered among the last affordable housing options in Maine — and have seen steep increases in rent in recent years. Lawmakers in Augusta…