Politics & Government
Developer kills low-income housing plan
Cape Elizabeth opponents to the project claim victory
CAPE ELIZABETH - A controversial low-income housing project has been canceled by the developers.
The proposed project, called Dunham Court, was going to include a 46-unit building near Cape Elizabeth town center.
The proposal stated 37 of those units would have been designated as “affordable” and set aside for households with an income less than 60 percent of the Portland-area median income.
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Earlier this month, a group opposing the project successfully petitioned to send the issue to a public referendum set for next month, but developers are now canceling the project altogether.
The developers say it was no longer viable to move forward with the project in wake of the referendum. They didn't specify exactly what they meant.
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They only said they are businesspeople and builders and “don’t run political campaigns.”
