Oriana Farnham (’21), Staff Attorney at Maine Equal Justice, was quoted in the Portland Press Herald discussing how data showing fewer evictions filed in Maine fails to capture the reality of the state’s housing crisis (“Eviction Filings Are Down in Maine, but Threat Is Still High,” Aug. 4). “It’s interesting because it just doesn’t reflect the kind of heightened housing insecurity that I think people have felt since the pandemic and post-pandemic. Whatever these numbers show, I don’t think it speaks to the need that low-income tenants in particular are facing,” Oriana said. “Rents are higher than they’ve ever been in Maine, and wages aren’t keeping pace.”
