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1 October
6:36 pm

When I was governor, Maine state housing was building public units at four hundred thousand dollars a unit or three hundred and ninety thousand. We got it down to two fifty.

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Paul LePage, at Maine 2nd Congressional District General Election Debate (WMTW)

6:36 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific figures claimed for cost reduction of public housing units during LePage's governorship — verifiable against Maine State Housing Authority records.
What we foundOfficial MaineHousing data does not support the claim that Maine was building public housing units at $390,000–$400,000 per unit before or during the LePage era; documented costs for that period were significantly lower, roughly $180,000–$206,000 on average.
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