What is in the water in Maine? The idyllic state known for beautiful scenery and delicious seafood has some very crazy politics, too. In Portland, the Democratic Socialists have created a "rent board" with a 28-page application that landlords must fill out if they want to raise rent between tenants.
This will end well.
28 PAGES: This form you have to fill out for the “Rent Board” if you own property in Portland and you want to raise rent between tenants. pic.twitter.com/xcqHOOlLKg
— The Maine Wire (@TheMaineWire) August 7, 2026
The board can deny the rent increase, of course.
In Portland, ME, the Democratic Socialists have created a “rent board” and a 28-page application for landlords to fill out if they want to raise rent *between* tenants.
— Steve Robinson (@SteveRob) August 8, 2026
So if your longtime tenant leaves, and you’d been holding rent low because they were a great tenant, you now…
"So if your longtime tenant leaves, and you’d been holding rent low because they were a great tenant, you now have to fill out a 28-page interrogation document and go before a Kafkaesque panel of pansexual trustafarian retards and explain to them how rent increases are necessary to fund upkeep," Robinson wrote. "Regardless of your reasoning or requested increase, they can block it. They’ve effectively seized control of housing in Portland, and when everything turns to s**t they will blame the evil capitalist pigs."
Of course they will.
I regret the loss of Portland, a once beautiful and safe city, but apparently the people who live there have refused to defend it from an invasion of greedy dimwits. If we won't stand up to these people, everything that has been built by working people will go the same way.
— Pig of the Forest (@Serpent18220570) August 8, 2026
The destruction is the point.
As long as the members of this "rent board" are drafted from a list of people who filed a State income tax return AND paid a utility bill And purchased a kitchen appliance with the last year, this could be acceptable.
— Enrico de Rojas (@EnricodeRo87547) August 8, 2026
They will be none of those things.
Portland Landlords -- Welcome to USSR 2.0.
— Naran Row-Spaulding (@NRSmaine) August 7, 2026
The Kommissariat will take your application, and let you know if any revenue increase is allowed - but all application fees are non-refundable. Forward in Solidarity, Comrades!
Solidarity looks a lot like socialists ruining everything and ruling over the ashes.
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