Rental Assistance Programs

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With rents rising faster than incomes, rental housing costs are increasingly out of reach for many lower income Maine people. Rental assistance, either in the form of housing choice vouchers or subsidized apartments, can help. Vouchers can help pay your rent in the apartment of your choice. Subsidized apartments provide qualified tenants affordable (usually below market) rents. Waiting lists can be long, so you may want to apply for both kinds of help.

		Housing Choice Vouchers
		MaineHousing’s Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program provides rental assistance to income eligible tenants by subsidizing a portion of their monthly rents and paying it directly to their landlords.

		Family Self-Sufficiency Program
		The FSS Program helps families that have Housing Choice Vouchers to start savings accounts and find jobs. Having a job and savings will help you to become independent. It is way to invest in your future. With FSS, you can finish school, find a better job, or start a business. You can get care for your children or transportation that you need to keep your job.

		Stability through Engagement Program
		STEP is designed to provide short term rental assistance for 6-12 months to help individuals and families achieve housing stability. The focus is on rapidly re-housing people who are homeless and referred by a shelter in one of the five counties where the program is offered.

		Subsidized Apartments
		With financing from MaineHousing and other government sources, affordable apartments have been developed across the State. MaineHousing provides landlord contact information for these apartments to prospective tenants.

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