HOUSING AND SHELTER
Includes temporary shelters, affordable housing, alternative housing
projects, home ownership promotion, and community land trusts.
Building Materials Exchanges
We provide low income homeowners with
materials to rehabilitate their homes to meet safe and decent standards at a
fraction of market cost. A place to donate used and unused building
materials that might otherwise end up in a dump or incinerator.
169 Lewiston Road
Gray, ME 04039
657-2957
mhbme@nqi.net
61-B Lebanon Road
Sanford, ME 04073
324-4574
4 Lombard Road, PO Box 748
Caribou, ME 04736
498-2575 Fax:
492-2410
Caleb Affordable Housing Foundation
1500 Pineledge Terrace
Saco, ME
04072
282-7177
lauriecaleb@lamere.net, keastman1@lamere.net
Promotes
initiatives in affordable housing in southern Maine.
Community Land Trusts
CLT's are democratically structured, community-based
organizations created to acquire and hold land and to provide secure and
affordable access to land and housing. They prohibit speculation and absentee
ownership of land and housing and preserve long-term affordability.
Commonterra Community Land Trust
161 Stovepipe Alley
Monroe, ME
04951
525-4538
kmarysd@acadia.net
Karen
Marysdaughter
Land trust with small cooperative neighborhood of adults and
children. We share information on community land trusts.
Community Building Trust
c/o Genesis, PO Box 1
Bristol, ME
04539
563-6073
beth@lincoln.midcoast.com
Beth
McPherson
Community land trust for housing and a community housing
development organization. (CHODO).
Covenant Community Land Trust
PO Box 338
Orland, ME
04472
469-3018
Melody Hovey
Connected to HOME Coop (see their
listing in Low Income). Provides permanent home ownership to low and very low
income families.
Deer Ridge Mobile Home Park
N. Belfast Ave., Deer Ridge Lane @ St. Francis Way
Augusta, ME 04330
621-1986
deerridge@email.com
http://04330-0220.netfirms.com
First tenant-controlled mobile home park in Maine.
Isleboro Affordable Properties
PO Box 206
Isleboro, ME
04848
734-9728
Homes built and sold to low-income island
families.
St. Francis Community
PO Box 44
East Orland, ME 04431
469-7961
homecoop@acadia.net
www.downeast.net/nonprofit/home
Homesteading
community of people who work at HOME Coop (see their listing in Low
Income). We garden organically, teach the use of draft horses, offer
shelter.
Together Place Housing
c/o Roger Griffith, 105 Darling
Road
Hudson, ME 04449
884-7629
We offer housing, other services,
and peer support for persons who are mental health consumers.
United Voice Community Land Trust
PO Box 249
Bath, ME
04530
442-7216; 725-7257
johnp@ctel.net
Corey Perreault
Our
Homes Within Reach project has as its mission to help people with low incomes to
find and maintain safe, decent, permanently affordable homes in Midcoast Maine.
We are a non-profit membership organization that purchases land which is held in
trust forever, then leases the land to the homeowners, which is inheritable and
thus avoids market forces.
Western Mountains Community Land Trust
PO Box 538
Temple, ME
04984
778-2513
We hold land in Franklin and Somerset counties to
make homes affordable for low income people.
Community Housing of Maine
309 Cumberland Avenue, Suite #203
Portland, ME
879-0347
879-0348 (fax)
Statewide developer and advocate of low cost housing for
survivors of domestic abuse, persons with disabilities, refugees, and Native
Americans.
Website: http://www.communityhousingofmaine.org
East Parish Housing Ministry
RR 1 Box 1191
Farmington, ME
04938
778-4157
dorrea.fellman@maine.edu
Dorrea
Fellman
Rehabilitating housing for low income people in Franklin and Somerset
Counties. Also operates a thrift store and food bank in Starks.
Eldercare Network of Lincoln County--See Elders
Fair Harbor Residence--See
Youth
Habitat for Humanity International
800-288-4421 (Northeast Regional
Office)
A nonprofit ecumenical Christian housing ministry. We work in
partnership with people in need to build and renovate decent, affordable
housing. The houses are then sold to those in need at no profit and with no
interest charged. Mortgage payments are recycled into the program to build more
houses. Habitat groups in Maine:
Androscoggin HfH
PO Box 3041
Auburn, ME 04212
786-2598
Keith1040@aol.com
Aroostook County HfH
PO Box 992
Presque Isle, ME
04769
762-9531
rbrewer@ainop.com
Bath-Brunswick Area HfH
PO Box 275
Topsham, ME 04086
729-0311
hfhbba@juno.com
www.habitat-bba.org
Greater Bangor HfH
PO Box 2276
Bangor, ME 04402
942-8977
drm@mint.net
Greater Portland HfH
PO Box 10505
Portland, ME 04104
772-2151
hfhgp@gwi.net
www.maine.com/community/habitat/
Hancock County HfH
PO Box 343
Ellsworth, ME 04605
667-8484
hchh@downeast.net
Mid Coast HfH
PO Box
785
Camden, ME 04843
236-4974
woodruff@midcoast.com
Southern Kennebec County HfH
RR 2 Box 1267
Litchfield, ME
04350
622-5820
penney@mint.net
York County Habitat
PO Box 267
Kennebunk, ME 04043
985-4850
hfhyorkme@aol.com
Homeless Crisis Hotline
PO Box 62
Hinckley, ME
04944
800-438-3890
Jan Lightfoot
Statewide service for people facing
the prospect of homelessness, or already without a roof. Information to assist
those who own their own home or are renters.
Homeless Youth Intervention Program, Volunteers of America
60 Pine St.
Lewiston, ME 04240
783-4317 fax: 783-4319
blagasse@adelphia.net
Provides social services to homeless youth in the L-A area.
Housing Assistance and Volunteer Enlistment Network (HAVEN)--See Health and
Healing - HIV/AIDS
Housing Foundation, The
353 Main St.
Orono, ME 04473
866-4300
Fax: 866-0096
housfoun@midmaine.com
We are
dedicated to planning and providing permanently affordable housing services for
Maine families, seniors, and disabled adults. We currently manage 322 units of
housing in eight locations. In addition, we operate Senior Meal Programs,
a childcare program, a youth leadership program, and a computerized learning
center and network that serve all of our residential sites.
Institute for Biodynamic Shelter--See Environment
Lewiston-Auburn Alliance for the Homeless
795-4077
Alliance of service providers, volunteers, and others working for affordable housing, services for homeless people, and a safe place during daytime hours.
Maine Affordable Housing Network
41 Water St., PO Box
268
Wiscasset, ME 04578
882-7552 Fax: 882-4457
hlb@ceimaine.org
www.ceimaine.org
Holly Baldwin
We bring
together supporters of the creation and preservation of safe, affordable housing
for all people in Maine. This goal is achieved through technical
assistance, education, advocacy, and resource development. Monthly
newsletter. We are seeking more members.
Maine Coalition for the Homeless--See Low Income
Maine Solar Energy Association--See Environment - Energy
Maine State Housing Authority
353 Water St.
Augusta, ME
04330
800-452-4668
mail@mainehousing.org
MSHA provides
low-interest home mortgage loans for moderate and lower income first-time home
buyers, and provides home repair and weatherization loans to lower income
homeowners. Also provides financing and technical and organizational
assistance to nonprofit groups (community development corps, municipalities,
local housing authorities, shelters, providers of supportive housing,
etc). Offers low-interest loans to develop affordable rental housing for
low income seniors, families, and people with special needs.
Neighbor Net of Lewiston-Auburn--See Community Development
Portland Tenants Union
PO Box 4189
Portland, ME 04101
615-7368
info@portlandtenants.org
http://www.portlandtenants.org
A United voice organizing and advocating for the highest standards of affordable rental housing and working to balance the power between tenants and landlords. Operates the Children's Healthy Environment Campaign to promote children's safety in rental housing (http://www.checampaign.org).
Sr. Barbara Hance Home
PO Box 5559
Ellsworth, ME
04605
667-9167 Fax: 667-9167
skazlaska@email.com
Sandy
Kazlaskas
A non-denominational (drug and alcohol free) transitional shelter
for single adults. We offer a friendly environment for individuals going
through personal difficulties. We accept those that earnestly desire to
lead an independent life and are willing to work to obtain that goal.
Shelters--Emergency or Temporary Housing
800-452-4668
The Maine State
Housing Authority (MSHA--phone # above) has a complete list of the approximately
40 temporary or emergency shelters or safe homes throughout the state. Some
shelters are open to anyone, while others have requirements such as being for
persons who are experiencing domestic violence, mental illness, or substance
abuse, or who are teenagers (some only open to teens who are pregnant) or who
are women. Contact an Information and Referral source or MSHA for your area to
get information on nearby shelters.
Transitional Living Program
PO Box 159
Hinckley, ME 04944
Luke
Irza
238-4035
admit@mint.net
www.gwh.org
Program for homeless youths ages
17-21. Housing and opportunity to learn living and work skills in a
supportive environment. Also life skills education and aftercare
program.
Two Echo Co-Housing Project
82 Echo Road
Brunswick, ME
04011
729-1071
www.two-echo.org
Katie Clark, Rob
Wiener
Co-housing is a village-based and community-oriented housing design
which includes separate dwellings for individuals, as well as common buildings
and areas. The approach originated in Scandinavia, and has caught on in
various parts of the US. Two Echo is currently the only active co-housing
project in Maine to the development state. As of Spring 2001, 18 of 27
available households are constructed and lived in. 70 of 92 acres are held
in conservation easement. A national website for co-housing resources is
www.cohousing.org.
Women's Residence
YWCA, 87 Spring St.
Portland, ME
04101
874-1130
www.ywcaptldme.org
Safe, affordable
housing for women in transition.
York County Shelter
PO Box 820
Alfred, ME 04002
324-1137 Fax:
324-5290
Jen Ouellette
Services include shelter, case management,
hotline, in-house programs to address issues such as substance abuse, mental
illness, parenting, and life skills. We also operate a bakery and sponsor other
projects with a goal of helping individuals attain the highest degree of
independent living possible.
York-Cumberland Housing Management Corp
99 School St.
Gorham, ME
04038
839-6516 Fax: 839-8275
Our mission is to promote and provide
quality housing options for the benefit for people in need in these two
counties.
Yurt Foundation--See Art, Music, and Culture
|