Maine announces $12M to help fund housing first projects in 3 cities

State Awards $12M to Construct 92 Affordable Apartments for Homeless Mainers in Bangor, Portland, and South Portland

The State of Maine has awarded a total of $12 million for the construction of affordable apartments in Bangor, Portland, and South Portland. This funding stems from the Home for Good program, also known as the Housing First program, which was established by the Legislature in 2023 to support the provision of “permanent housing to [...] The post State Awards $12M to Construct 92 Affordable Apartments for Homeless Mainers in Bangor, Portland, and …

Maine announces $12M to help fund housing first projects in 3 cities

The projects announced Wednesday would collectively build 92 affordable apartments in Portland, South Portland and Bangor.

Maine announces more than 90 new apartments for people experiencing chronic homelessness

The new projects are all in the early planning stages and will be located in Portland, South Portland and Bangor.

26 rental townhouses planned for new Bangor development

HousingThis section of the BDN aims to help readers understand Maine’s housing crisis, the volatile real estate market and the public policy behind them. Read more Housing coverage here. More than two dozen units of new rental housing could be coming to Bangor next year.  The Bangor Planning Board voted unanimously Tuesday to give Emily Ellis, a local real estate agent and developer, preliminary approval to create 26 units of rental housing on …