Lincoln County Commissioners approved an award of $300,000 to the Boothbay Regional Development Corporation to support the first phase of a 137-unit affordable housing development on Butler Road in Boothbay. The funds will go toward Phase 1 Infrastructure, specifically the extension of water and sewer to the site. BRDC’s multi-year development plan will include affordable single-family homes, apartments, and townhouse condominiums. 

Last spring, the Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission released its countywide Housing Needs Assessment which recognized the need for a variety of affordable housing units (houses, apartments, etc.). The Assessment found that 900 affordable units will be needed in the next decade to house working families and older adults of modest means in the county.  

In June 2023, the County Commissioners approved an allocation of $1.5 million of the County’s American Rescue Plan funds to create the Lincoln County Affordable Housing Investment Process in order to provide financial support for the development of affordable housing units in Lincoln County. Since then, 5 planned affordable housing projects in the County have received support; these are located in Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Waldoboro, Damariscotta and Newcastle.  

For more information about the Lincoln County Housing Needs Assessment or the County’s Affordable Housing Investment Process, please contact Emily Rabbe, LCRPC Executive Director, at erabbe@lcrpc.org.