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December 2023 by Fusion
You can expect to wait 2+ years don’t bother
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October 2023 by Sarah May
I have had my voucher since 2016. I left a DV shelter with my young son and moved into my first apartment. I don’t break the rules, I don’t move people in, I don’t do drugs, I dont drink and most recently quit smoking cigarettes. My son has been exposed to second hand smoke over and over. I have been discriminated against multiple times and retaliated against for bringing up concerns due to my son breathing in drugs and cigarette smoke which has resulted in numerous trips to the er and doctor. Not only was I illegally evicted (even with mountains of documentation proving this) after threatening to go to the local news station because I reached out to maine state housing over and over and was ignored but I was denied representation as well. We have now moved for the second time due to second hand smoke and unsafe living conditions and have once again been placed in a unit where there is a large amount of second hand smoke. My son is sick from this!!! I have reached out yet again over and over to maine state housing and federal hud in Bangor and shocker- no one has gotten back to me. You all require everything but my DNA but can’t provide my asthmatic son a smoke free environment? Stop telling people your hud units are smoke free- they are NOT. And smokers and people in active addiction have more rights than my child. I know I’ve been clean almost 10 years and no one cares at all about my comfort. Do better.
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April 2023 by Anthony Bauza
Never helped . Been waiting a year
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February 2023 by Mazen K
Great service! Very polite and competent contact persons as well as clean buildings in very good condition!Thank you for everything!
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December 2022 by Juliana Tibbetts
AVOID WATERVILLE HOUSING at all costs! Horrible workers LET ALONE horrible landlords in this county. Made fun of me for having panic disorder and has ZERO compassion for people!!!!! Maine Housing did nothing over this PLUS threatened to take my housing voucher away. Be careful if you accept a housing voucher of any kind. Read the fine print.HEAVY STUFF.
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December 2022 by Dont want to share with public none
Still waiting on the waitlist now for over for years and they say ive only been on it for one because once i uploaded my application online it restarted my start date so i guess more time to wait.
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March 2022 by Farralee Ouellette
The ERA program is hurting more tenants than it is helping with the slow process to approve applications and send funding out. Our landlord has collected 9 months of rent for a building he has only owned 7 months. He fraudulently collected money and what is being done, nothing as of yet. We are covered until the end of April with the amount of rent he is sitting on, yet he is claiming nonpayment of rent is the reason he is evicting us. Landlords had to sign an agreement that not only would they not evict for nonpayment of rent, but they also signed saying a rent increase of more than 5% in 12 months would not occur. He has been receiving ERA funds in the amount of $975 since July 2021 and increased the amount well above the 5% threshold in January to $1200 a month without a 45-day written notice. I was told by the worker I am allowed access to all documents that were signed. I not only didn't receive the documents, but they also advised the landlord I was trying to get evidence on him. More ERA funds are on the way, yet we have a court date, so we are not providing him with that ERA fund check. We are sending it back for landlords who choose to follow the agreements that they signed and who are respectful to their tenants.At this point they have not enforced this program and the agreements signed by our landlord. We have had no issues with our landlord until he thought he could speed up the process of ERA funding by sending in 7-day notices on several tenants. When he realized he couldn't take advantage of the system in that manner, he chose to evict his tenants. Do the people that administer this program actually care about what happens to tenants? From the looks of the program response, that would be a no. We have at minimum 50 text messages, emails, and video recordings that clearly show the landlord's behavior which will be submitted as evidence into our hearing.It is interesting how we as citizens have to follow and abide by laws, yet people that are not US citizens or have naturalized since their entry into the USA don't. As soon as our housing is stabilized, I will be fighting for better protections for tenants and make sure their rights are actually upheld. Our situation is like so many others who may or may not have the courage to speak out about the abuses we are subjected to as tenants.
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October 2021 by Tungsten Mightier
has not been easy to deal with this agency the past 18 months.
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August 2021 by Evon Bowley (EVON)
Yeah I think section needs a crock because I've been homeless they called me and they told me cuz I can't prove that I'm homeless sleeping in my car that they can't help me because I can't prove that I'm homeless what is up with that
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August 2021 by Yvonne Bowley
Yeah I think section needs a crock because I've been homeless they called me and they told me cuz I can't prove that I'm homeless sleeping in my car that they can't help me because I can't prove that I'm homeless what is up with that
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August 2021 by Cara
They're busy.
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April 2021 by Keeping_It_Real
With covid-19 being present in our lives within the United States and all over the world you got to give them a little bit of credit! They are dealing with thousands of applications!Thank you for all you do not only with covid-19 expectations, but with helping us I need a wall I'm going to help. ?
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February 2021 by Adam Koopman
Very clean building! Nice people
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June 2020 by Destiny Steeves
They moved their office and send out old return envelopes and NO ONE answers the phone. It’s leave a message and we may or may not get back too you in 24 hours
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December 2019 by Rebecca P Kurtz
Safe and affordable housing helps everyone in Maine and our economy - yet our system places housing out of reach for too many. Maine Housing is working to change that!
