Maine State Housing Authority
Allocation: $10,000,000
Status: Complete
Due to COVID-19 social distancing requirements, homeless shelters in Maine were forced to reduce capacity in emergency shelters, often utilizing hotel rooms when shelter accommodation was not available. Along with staffing challenges, this has caused a significant increase in overall operating expenses for shelters.
To ensure that shelters are able to continue to serve their populations, MaineHousing will provide one-time grants to existing emergency homeless shelters, including those that assist homeless youth, to be used for operations, building maintenance, or capital improvement expenses. Funding will be distributed by MaineHousing to shelters that participate in the Emergency Shelter and Housing Assistance Program using a capacity-based formula.