Peaks Home Start

03/02/2025

Hello! Home Start is excited to offer 3 affordable year-round apartments with leases starting July 1, 2025, pending certificate of occupancy. The rental application, guidelines and floorplans for the 18 Central project are now available on the Home Start website homepage at

Peaks Home Start Working to Create Affordable Housing on Peaks Island since 2006 Our Mission Home Start is dedicated to increasing the supply of year-round affordable housing on Peaks Island as a means of promoting a mix of ages, incomes, and family structures for a healthy and sustainable island co...

09/09/2023

Good Neighbor Matching Program running through November 1st! Donations will be matched up to $7500 by a group of your Island neighbors. Feel that generosity of spirit!!

Donate here!

09/09/2023

Practical Difficulty Variance unanimously approved by Portland Zoning Board of Appeals!! Thank you to all who wrote and spoke on behalf of the Central Ave Project!!

09/03/2023

TO THE PEAKS COMMUNITY - a reminder that the PORTLAND ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS is meeting this Thursday, September 7th at 6pm and will be considering our Practical Difficulty Variance for the 18 Central Ave Project. To review the details of the appeal, please click: https://drive.google.com/.../1ai3Y9BEosuufChkYSFw.../view...

To participate and give comment at the hearing, please click: http://portlandmaine-gov.zoom.us/j86424827012.

Thank you for your support!!

08/16/2023

ZONING APPEALS HEARING RESCHEDULED

Home Start's meeting before the Portland Zoning Board of Appeals has been rescheduled to September 7th at 6:00pm. Details will be provided as soon as they are available. Thank you for your support.

For more information about Home Start's 18 Central Avenue Project, please see our website at www.peakshomestart.org .

08/06/2023

08/03/2023

To stay up to date on Home Start's efforts to create affordable housing on Peaks Island, please visit our website at peakshomestart.org.

08/03/2023

Welcome to the Peaks Home Start page! Home Start is dedicated to increasing the supply of year-round affordable housing on Peaks Island as a means of promoting a mix of ages, incomes, and family structures for a healthy and sustainable island community. Home Start is 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

Our next big project is to create three apartments on the site of the former Church Parish Hall at 18 Central Avenue. For more information, please see our website at www.peakshomestart.org .