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In The News

The Working Waterfront, October 2, 2024: Neighbors Helping Neighbors

Maine Public’s Maine Calling, September 24, 2024: Mobile Home Parks

Maine Public, October 14, 2024: Brunswick residents have officially purchased their mobile home community

WGME, October 11, 2024: Brunswick residents purchase their mobile home complex for $26.3 million

The New York Times, October 10, 2024: Residents of a Mobile Home Park Join Forces to Buy Their Community

Times Record, October 10, 2024: Brunswick mobile home residents close deal to buy their park

Mainebiz, September 30, 2024: Brunswick-based Genesis Fund gets $1.8M for affordable housing, disability services

Portland Press Herald, September 24, 2024: Federal bill could ease housing crisis in rural Maine

Mainebiz, July 22, 2024: Genesis Fund aims to help developers get access to MaineHousing funding

Bangor Daily News, May 28, 2024: She wants to boost homeownership in Maine’s poorest neighborhood

Portland Press Herald, May 23, 2024: People on the move

Maine Public, May 20, 2024: Rural Housing Challenges

Bangor Daily News, April 23, 2024: Letter: Maine lenders ready to support mobile home resident ownership

Maine Public, April 3, 2024: Old Orchard Beach residents want to buy their mobile home parks for $40M. More face similar hurdles

Episcopal News Service, March 5, 2024: Church’s Economic Justice Loan Fund supports communities’ equitable access to capital

Maine Public, March 4, 2024: Why some developers are intentionally delaying housing production inside Maine’s old mills

Maine Public, June 20, 2023: A new program is showing promise in chipping away at Maine’s affordable housing crisis

WABI TV, June 7, 2023, More than 200 people register for two-day conference in Skowhegan with a focus on housing

Mainebiz, April 17, 2023: Zachau Construction creates advisory board to assist growth

Mainebiz, April 10, 2023: Affordable housing for BIPOC communities is the focus of a KeyBank Foundation grant

WMTW, February 21, 2023: Maine could lose thousands of units of affordable housing

Portland Press Herald, February 9, 2023: Genesis Fund On the Move

Bangor Daily News, January 30, 2023: These Mainers saved 28 affordable apartments on the costly coast

Maine Public, January 30, 2023: First-of-its-kind model for protecting affordable rental housing in rural Maine hailed as success

Mainebiz, January 31, 2023: Tax credit on affordable housing paves way for Thomaston rental units

Mainebiz, December 5, 2022; New program to help address shortfall of affordable rentals

MaineHousing, December 5, 2022: Genesis Fund Wins Contract To Expand Affordable Housing

WFVX WVII News/ABC 7, December 5, 2022: New project aims to expand affordable housing

Portland Press Herald and Times Record, November 15, 2022; Brunswick-based Genesis Fund earns national recognition

Lincoln County News, November 3, 2022: Genesis Community Fund Wins National Award

Maine Monitor, November 14, 2022: Housing shortage leaves some Washington County residents scrambling

Opportunity Finance Network, November and December 2022: “Maine Peer Support Agency Able to Serve with Help from CDFI

Portland Press Herald and Times Record, October 30, 2022: Facing housing shortage, Bowdoinham brainstorms development ideas

WABI TV, March 7, 2022: Coming Together to Solve Maine’s Housing Crisis

WGME January 20, 2020: Thousands of affordable apartments in rural Maine at risk