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Maine restaurants close or cut hours due to staff shortages worsened by unaffordable housing.
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.
Business leaders say rising rents force closures, reduced hours, and halted expansion, with some establishments like Portland’s Paper Tiger shutting down despite profitability.
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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Los restaurantes de Maine cierran o reducen las horas debido a la escasez de personal agravada por las viviendas inasequibles.