Homeowners

Home Accessibility and Repair Program
MaineHousing's Home Accessibility and Repair Program provides help to low-income homeowners who cannot afford necessary home repairs.

Arsenic Abatement Program
MaineHousing’s Arsenic Abatement Program provides grants to eligible single-family homeowners and landlords with private well water that shows evidence of high levels of arsenic contamination.

Pre-1976 Mobile Home Replacement Initiative

MaineHousing’s Pre-1976 Mobile Home Replacement Initiative provides income-eligible Maine residents with an opportunity to replace the pre-1976 mobile home they own and occupy as their primary residence with a new ENERGY STAR ^® certified manufactured home. 

Comfortably Home Program

MaineHousing's Comfortably Home/Home Modification for Seniors seeks to extend the time income eligible older adults can stay safely in their home while improving health and safety outcomes.

Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program
MaineHousing’s Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program provides 0% deferred, forgivable loans  to make lower-income homes lead safe. Making homes lead safe may involve paint removal or stabilization. It may also involve  window and door replacements. The entire amount of the loan is forgiven after 3 years, provided that the property isn’t refinanced or sold during that time, and in the case of rental property, that the units are kept affordable.

Weatherization
MaineHousing’s Weatherization Program provides grants to low-income homeowners and renters to reduce energy costs by improving home energy efficiency. MaineHousing offers this program to consumers through Community Action Program agencies, who screen people for eligibility as part of the LIHEAP application process.

Central Heating Improvement Program
MaineHousing’s Central Heating Improvement Program (CHIP) provides grants to repair or replace central heating systems that serve low-income households.

Disaster Assistance Loan Programs
The Disaster Assistance Loan Programs offers low-interest rate home repair loans and home replacement mortgages to homeowners whose homes are damaged or destroyed in a declared natural disaster.