This bill provides for the use of certain federal land in Maine for affordable workforce housing to benefit the towns on Mount Desert Island.
Currently, the land is available for use as a solid waste transfer station. The bill also permits the Department of the Interior to retain no more than 15 acres of the land, to be used for housing and administrative facilities to support the purposes of Acadia National Park.
This bill provides for the use of certain federal land in Maine by any town that requests conveyance of the land for affordable workforce housing. Currently, the land is available for use as a solid waste transfer station. The bill also permits the Department of the Interior to retain no more than 15 acres of the land, to be used for housing and administrative facilities to support the purposes of Acadia National Park.
Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-169.
Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-169.
Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.