PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • October 5, 2020
The Maine Affordable Housing Coalition said Monday that it will oppose the “Green New Deal” referendum on the Portland ballot in next month’s election. The proposal, which would impose strict environmental standards on new housing projects that receive government aid, would be detrimental to the city’s affordable housing efforts, the group said. The referendum, listed on the city ballot as “Question C: An Act to Implement a Green New Deal for Portland,” would require that the roofs of new housing units be built either solar-ready or be greenery-covered “living roofs.”