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Did Collins help fund technology for affordable housing in Scarborough?

Matches stated direction. Collins requested $509,000 for technology at a Scarborough affordable-housing project; the 2023 law funded it, listing Collins and King as requestors.

Susan M. Collins

Assistive technology for affordable housing

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What they say

Collins said she secured affordable-housing funding in Cumberland County.

What the record shows ·

Her FY2023 request sought $509,000 for smart-home and telehealth technology at 3i Housing of Maine’s Scarborough project. Congress appropriated that amount, listing Collins and King as requestors.

Limit: This checks technology funding, not completed homes, disbursement or sole credit.

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  1. WABI / WAGM Maine Senate debate, October 13, 2026, 31:19–31:36https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cXhqabYBF4&t=1879s

    WABI / WAGM · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026

    Native captions, 31:19–31:36; paraphrase of the housing-funding claim, not an exact quotation.

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  2. Collins FY2023 Labor–HHS funding request, 3i Housing of Maine, page 7 (document)

    Office of Senator Susan Collins · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    Page 7 requests $509,000 for smart-home and telehealth technology for supportive housing in Scarborough. The request describes approximately 45 units; no current unit total is inferred.

    official office record

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  3. Final FY2023 Labor–HHS allocation and law, House Appropriations committee print, volume II, printed pages 1851–1852, 1986 and 2033 (document)

    U.S. House Appropriations Committee / U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    PDF page 601 (printed 2033): 3i Housing of Maine, independent-living opportunities including equipment, $509,000; Collins and King are Senate requestors. PDF page 554 defines requestors as members who requested each item. Division H’s Administration for Community Living proviso binds the final project table through section 4 of Public Law 117-328.

    official legislative record

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  4. 3i HoME affordable-housing technology funding announcement, January 11, 2023https://www.poah.org/news/maine%E2%80%99s-first-its-kind-affordable-housing-people-physical-disabilities-receives-federal-funding

    Preservation of Affordable Housing · Published Jan 11, 2023 · Reviewed Nov 1, 2026

    Co-developer’s dated primary account connects the $509,000 to assistive/smart-home and telehealth technology for low-income residents with disabilities at the planned Scarborough housing development. Its expectations are not verified construction or outcomes.

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  5. Public Law 117-328, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (H.R. 2617)https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-117publ328

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026

    Became law December 29, 2022. Division JJ, section 101, deems the 2021 right whale rule enough for the lobster and Jonah crab fisheries to comply with the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act until December 31, 2028, and has the National Marine Fisheries Service issue new rules for those fisheries that take effect by then. Section 4 and Division L, Title II bind the final housing-funding table.

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