19 Maine housing authorities to receive $9.5M for home upgrades

Nineteen housing authorities throughout Maine, from Sanford to Van Buren, will receive a total of $9.5 million through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Public Housing Capital Fund Program.

The money will help the municipal agencies preserve and modernize homes and meet the needs of the individuals and families who live in them, according to a news release.

“Maine’s housing authorities provide a critical supply of affordable housing and an array of vital services to seniors, individuals with disabilities, and low-income individuals and families,” U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Housing Appropriations Subcommittee, said in the release.

The funding will be allocated as follows.

Auburn Housing Authority: $373,273
Bangor Housing Authority: $1.5 million
Bar Harbor Housing Authority: $262,459
Bath Housing Authority: $232,353
Brewer Housing Authority: $328,834
Brunswick Housing Authority: $438,463
Ellsworth Housing Authority: $115,643
Fort Fairfield Housing Authority: $181,715
Lewiston Housing Authority: $982,254
Mount Desert Housing Authority: $38,513
Old Town Housing Authority: $184,020
Portland Housing Authority: $2.5 million
Presque Isle Housing Authority: $502,270
Sanford Housing Authority: $279,990
South Portland Housing Authority: $715,001
Southwest Harbor Housing Authority: $110,004
Tremont Housing Authority: $47,281
Van Buren Housing Authority: $239,767
Waterville Housing Authority: $528,890

HUD provides Public Housing Capital Fund Program grants to public housing authorities annually for the development, financing and modernization of public housing properties and for management improvements.