Housing Matters Podcast

<p >What happens when the people who serve your community can't afford to live in it?</p> <p >Chris Moeller, CEO of Orion Growth and creator of the Pathway Communities model, joins Matt Pouliot on Housing Matters to lay...

<p >You've driven past it. An old mill building sitting right on the river, windows gone, roof caving in, weeds taking over. And you've thought the same thing everyone thinks: why hasn't anyone done something with...

<p >In 2021, Bath Iron Works hired nearly 2,000 employees. 690 of them came from out of state. And almost every single one of them left. Not because they did not want the job. Not because BIW was not a great place to...

<p >The average person hears "manufactured home" and thinks trailer park. That reaction is costing them somewhere between $50,000 and $70,000 over five years. Today I'm sitting down with someone who has spent the last...

<p >If you have ever thought about building a house in Maine and walked away from your research more confused than when you started, this episode is for you.</p> <p >I sat down with Emily Mottram, principal at Mottram +...

<p >In this episode of Housing Matters, host Matt Pouliot sits down with Steve Kautz, Accredited Financial Counselor and Financial Education Programs Specialist at the Finance Authority of Maine (FAME), for an honest...

<p>What does it really take to create housing that works for a community?</p> <p>In this episode of Housing Matters, Matt Pouliot sits down with Debora Keller, Executive Director of Bath Housing, for a thoughtful...

<p>Bangor is one of Maine’s true regional hubs: a city of about 33,000 that swells to roughly 130,000 people during the day. In this episode of Housing Matters, host Matt Pouliot (Pouliot Real Estate) sits down with...

<p>Zoning might sound technical—but it quietly shapes where we live, what gets built, and why housing costs keep rising.</p> <p>In this episode of Housing Matters, host Matt Pouliot sits down with Sara Bronin —...

<p>In this episode of Housing Matters, host Matt Pouliot is joined by Dan Bacon, Development Director at M&R Development, for an in-depth conversation on what it actually takes to build housing at scale in Maine.</p>...

<p>In this episode of Housing Matters, host Matt Pouliot sits down with Kevin Sutherland, Town Manager of Newcastle, Maine, for a deep dive into why housing has become the backbone of community survival across the...

<p>Why do so many housing projects in Maine get approved—but never actually get built?</p> <p>In this episode of Housing Matters, Matt Pouliot sits down with John Egan of the Genesis Fund to unpack what’s really...

<p>What if the real problem isn’t home prices or interest rates—but the money itself?</p> <p>In this episode of Housing Matters, host Matt Pouliot sits down with Jeffrey Truchon, founder of Sovereign Wealth Management...

<p>Maine’s next generation is stepping up — and few voices capture that energy better than Collin McGarr, founder and host of The Maine-ifesto Podcast.</p> <p>In this episode, Matt Pouliot sits down with Collin to talk...

<p>Real estate development doesn’t have to be big to make a big impact. In this episode, Matt Pouliot sits down with Jim Heid, infill developer, author of Building Small, and founder of the Small Developer Forum, to...