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flag Maine restaurants close or cut hours due to staff shortages worsened by unaffordable housing.

flag Maine restaurant owners are facing severe staffing shortages, attributing the crisis to a lack of affordable housing that makes it impossible for workers to live near their jobs, even with higher wages. flag Business leaders say rising rents force closures, reduced hours, and halted expansion, with some establishments like Portland’s Paper Tiger shutting down despite profitability. flag Workers struggle to find stable employment, and employers can’t attract or retain staff, highlighting housing affordability as a major barrier to economic stability across Maine’s service sector.

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