缅因餐馆因工作人员短缺而关闭或停工时数,而买不起的住房使工作人员短缺情况更为恶化。 Maine restaurants close or cut hours due to staff shortages worsened by unaffordable housing.

缅因州餐馆业主面临严重的人员短缺问题,将危机归咎于缺乏负担得起的住房,使得工人即使工资较高,也不可能在工作附近生活。 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. 商界领袖表示，租金上涨迫使关闭、缩短营业时间和停滞扩张，尽管波特兰的Paper Tiger盈利，但部分店铺仍关闭。 Business leaders say rising rents force closures, reduced hours, and halted expansion, with some establishments like Portland’s Paper Tiger shutting down despite profitability. 工人们努力寻找稳定就业, 雇主无法吸引或留住员工, 强调住房负担能力是整个缅因州服务业经济稳定的一大障碍。 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.