Anyone who’s apartment hunted in Bangor lately knows that it’s difficult to find an affordable place to live.
A study released earlier this year, commissioned by the city and completed by an outside consulting firm, determined that Bangor has a shortage of 700 housing units for people making less than $35,000 annually. The report recommended that the city “reduce market barriers to housing development, and dedicate public funding to subsidize the development of homes affordable to low- and moderate-income households.”
The Bangor Daily News asked each City Council candidate the following question: Bangor is short 700 affordable housing units. What do you think the City Council needs to do to get more affordable housing built in the city?
Watch the video below to hear directly from them. Candidates are shown in the order they appear on the ballot.
The BDN has profiled all nine candidates. You can read more about them here: Daniel Carson, James Gallagher, Angela Walker, Justin Cartier, Reese Perkins, Steven Farren, Richard Ward, Susan Faloon and Colleen O’Neal.
Click here to see where the candidates stand on other major issues facing the city.
Walker was not available for comment on this question.
