Pitman, Jones pen op-ed for BDN about affordable housing
Brian Pitman, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Maine, and Brenna Jones, sociology and mathematics undergraduate at the University of Maine currently studying precarious housing through the McGillicuddy Humanities Center and Maine Policy Scholars Program, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News about Bangor’s approach to affordable housing. “Tying rent control to minimum wage increases is a possible step. The elimination of application fees, security deposits, and background checks, as well as Airbnbs for those who do not live on the property of their unit are also steps. All of this can be tied to a Tenant’s Bill of Rights that goes beyond what Bangor has discussed,” they wrote.