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MaineHousing offers programs and services that make housing more affordable to Maine people. Over 90,000 people will benefit from our programs this year. We believe everyone deserves a good home.

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	Dale McCormick Resigns
	Release Date: 3/20/2012

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	Portland Continuum of Care
	Event Date: 5/16/2012

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MaineHousing Highlights

Dale McCormick resigns as director effective March 31, 2012
View documents surrounding Dale McCormick's resignation.

MaineHousing Expenditures
MaineHousing’s expenditures for 1998-2010 show how the quasi-governmental independent authority serves its mission of helping tens of thousands of low-income individuals annually while creating or supporting jobs in financial, construction, energy and other sectors.

Plan to Keep ME Warm
MaineHousing joins Gov. LePage, Efficiency Maine, and others to help Mainers with heating assistance.

KeepMeWarm - Want to help with rising energy costs?
Keep ME Warm, a collaboration of the 10 United Ways in Maine and the 10 Community Action Programs, is raising money to supplement emergency fuel programs.

Housing Quality Standards Review
MaineHousing auditor releases Housing Quality Standards Review on Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program

MaineHousing provides answers about the costs of developing affordable housing
During the last six years, MaineHousing has worked to control the development cost of affordable rental housing, and the numbers back this up.

MaineHousing Staffing Positions & Compensation
A list of MaineHousing's staff positions and salaries now are on this site, along with market salaries of comparable positions compiled independently by the Maine Department of Labor. MaineHousing salaries lag the market by 15 percent, and are not paid by state funds.

MaineHousing awarded additional $1.5 mil in Recovery Act funds
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded MaineHousing an additional $1.5 million in Recovery Act funds to assist in developing affordable rental housing. Maine was eligible for added funding because it is one of the top 8 states in meeting housing production goals. To learn more about Recovery Act funds in Maine click the title.

ARRA Weatherization helps 4,722 homes
As of April 2011, MaineHousing had financed the weatherization of 4,722 low-income homes through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). That is well over the goal of weatherizing 4,427 homes set when the program started 18 months ago, and well before the federally mandated program deadline of 3/31/2012.

Chevrolet to purchase MaineHousing carbon reductions
Chevrolet has signed a letter of intent to purchase the carbon savings associated with MaineHousing's Weatherization Program. This will be MaineHousing's first carbon sale using its newly verified methodology to quantify the carbon savings associated with home Weatherization. The revenues generated will be used to weatherize more Maine homes.

HUD presents award for HMIS to Maine
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) presented MaineHousing and Maine's three Continuums -- City of Portland Continuum of Care, Balance of State Continuum of Care, and Greater Penobscot Continuum of Care -- with an award for their work with the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS). The award recognizes Maine’s use of HMIS data to improve service delivery and enhance local planning efforts.