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In The News

Bangor mobile home park residents now officially own the park property

Cedar Falls Residents Co-Op closes deal, officially owns mobile home park

Residents buy Bangor mobile home park for $8M, plan new homes

Collaboration Preserves Affordable Housing in Aroostook County

Housing Authority Buys Mapleton Apartments to Preserve Rent Subsidies

Mainspring launches in Kittery, takes ‘blame and shame’ out of social services

Mainebiz, November 14, 2024: In Orono, it’s a team effort to save 24 units of affordable housing

Maine Public, November 26, 2024: As maturing mortgages threaten affordable housing, USDA and local groups look to preserve it

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