Project Home

10/14/2026

You're invited!

We're opening our doors this Friday, October 16, and we'd love to see you!

Come see what Project Home is all about! Whether you've been supporting Project Home for years, are curious about our work, or are just hearing about us, this is a chance to see our office, meet the team, and learn how we're helping Maine families find and keep stable housing.

Join us for food, drinks, live music, and good company as we celebrate the community that makes our work possible!

Project Home Open House
Friday, October 16 | 4–7 p.m.
18 Romasco Lane, Portland, Maine 04101

Drop in anytime. All are welcome!

RSVP here: https://forms.gle/45Woh8enbut9nTEG9

09/29/2026

This won’t come as a surprise to anyone who has tried to find an affordable place to live in Maine lately: 85% of Mainers have a negative view of the availability of affordable housing in our state.

Laura Mitchell of the Maine Affordable Housing Coalition -MAHC makes an important point in this story: We absolutely need to build more housing. But we also need to protect the housing we already have and help people stay in their homes.

Helping people stay safely and stably housed is a big part of our work at Project Home. Because keeping someone in their home is almost always better than trying to help them after they’ve lost it.

As Laura says, “A home people can afford is the foundation for good health, economic stability and the ability to build a future in Maine.”

A survey of 824 Mainers by the Siena Research Institute found an overwhelming 85% of people have negative feelings about the availability of affordable housing here.

09/23/2026

If you’re behind on rent and worried about losing your housing, help is available, but don’t wait to apply.

Maine’s Eviction Prevention Program is now open and can provide rental assistance to eligible Maine renters who have fallen behind on rent and are at risk of eviction.

Funding is limited, and applications are first come, first served. Demand is high, so if you need help, apply as soon as possible.

Learn more and apply: https://www.mainehousing.org/programs-services/rental/rentaldetail/eviction-prevention-program

**Please share this post.** The more people who know this help is available, the more Maine renters we can reach before they lose their housing.

إذا كنت بحاجة إلى مساعدة في التقديم لبرنامج منع الإخلاء، فيرجى الاتصال بمشروع هوم على الرقم التالي (207) 274-1240.

09/21/2026

The Maine Eviction Prevention Program is open again.

Starting today, Mainers who are behind on rent and at risk of eviction can apply for assistance through the statewide Eviction Prevention Program, administered by Project Home in partnership with MaineHousing.

We know what this kind of support can mean. When Maine first launched the Eviction Prevention Program as a pilot in 2024, $15 million in rental assistance ultimately helped 1,280 households stay housed. Participants who received assistance also reported greater ability to meet basic needs, fewer cutbacks on essentials, and less stress about losing their homes.

But as our Director of Housing Initiatives Lucas Schrage told Maine Public, after the pilot ended, “the phones never stopped ringing here.”

The need is still here. And today, this critical resource is available again.

If you or someone you know is behind on rent and at risk of eviction, learn more and apply through MaineHousing. Funding is limited, and completed applications will be processed within program priority categories on a first-come, first-served basis.

https://www.mainehousing.org/programs-services/rental/rentaldetail/eviction-prevention-program

Read more from Maine Public:
https://www.mainepublic.org/business-and-economy/2026-09-18/mainehousing-to-relaunch-eviction-prevention-program

إذا كنت بحاجة إلى مساعدة في التقديم لبرنامج منع الإخلاء، فيرجى الاتصال بمشروع هوم على الرقم التالي (207) 274-1240.

09/14/2026

Need more fun and play in your life? Project Home is looking for volunteers to hang out with some pretty great kids during our Trust gatherings.

Think games, coloring, books, toys, crafts, and playtime while their moms are right next door focused on learning, coaching, peer support, and community.

Help out once, come occasionally, or join us every month—whatever works for you. Each session is just two hours.

Opportunities are available in:

📍Lewiston — 4th Monday, 5–7 p.m.
📍Portland — 4th Tuesday, 5–7 p.m.
📍Saco/Biddeford — 4th Wednesday, 5–7 p.m.
📍Bridgton — 4th Friday, 2–4 p.m.

If you enjoy spending time with kids and can give us two hours, we’d love to have your help.

Learn more and sign up here: https://uwsme.galaxydigital.com/need/detail/?need_id=1301254

Please share with someone who might be a great fit!

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09/09/2026

Having a job should provide a pathway to stability. For too many families, it doesn’t.

This is something we see every day at Project Home. The people we work with are employed and doing everything we traditionally associate with financial stability—working, paying rent, caring for their families—and still cannot keep pace with the cost of housing.

As Brian Goldstone writes, the crisis of working homelessness challenges one of our most persistent assumptions: that employment alone is enough to keep someone safely housed.

It isn’t.

That’s why part of addressing homelessness also means intervening before someone loses their home—helping people access housing, prevent eviction, increase their income, and build the stability that work alone may no longer provide.

Brian’s work is an important reminder that homelessness isn’t simply a story about unemployment or individual crisis. Increasingly, it’s a story about the widening gap between what people earn and what it costs to live.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/opinion/crisis-working-homeless.html?unlocked_article_code=1.71A.rC6z.b-_zfAaFRIbC&smid=nytcore-ios-share

photo credit: Derek Miller Hurtado

09/03/2026

Eviction prevention is homelessness prevention.

Through our Eviction Prevention program, Project Home has helped 1,330 Maine households avoid eviction, keeping 3,458 adults and children safely in their homes.

When a family is already struggling to make ends meet, losing housing can set off a cascade of consequences—disrupted schooling, lost work, worsening health, and, too often, homelessness.

Sometimes the most effective way to address homelessness is to prevent it from happening in the first place.

That’s what housing stability looks like.

09/02/2026

A recent Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruling highlights a painful reality: housing instability can put families at risk of being separated.

In this case, a mother’s parental rights were terminated after she was unable to find affordable housing in Maine. The state’s highest court later vacated that decision, recognizing that her inability to relocate reflected the practical impossibility of finding housing—not a failure to meet her responsibilities as a parent.

A lack of affordable housing should not separate families.

Project Home is partnering with Maine DHHS on a grant that, if funded, would allow us to help parents at risk of losing parental rights because of housing insecurity access and maintain stable housing.

Every child and family deserves a safe, stable place to call home—and the opportunity to stay together.

Child welfare authorities said the mother’s inability to move from New Mexico to Maine made her an unfit parent. The state’s highest court disagreed with that finding on Tuesday.

08/25/2026

We’re hiring!

Project Home is looking for a Housing Intake and Eligibility Specialist to join our team in Portland.

This person will be one of the first points of contact for households seeking help through Project Home’s housing navigation, statewide eviction prevention, and housing stability programs.

The role includes conducting client intakes, reviewing eligibility and documentation, helping applicants navigate the process, and connecting households with the programs and resources that can best meet their needs.

We’re looking for someone who is organized, detail-oriented, compassionate, and comfortable working with a high volume of people experiencing housing instability.

This is a full-time, in-person position in Portland.

Know someone who might be a great fit? Please share this post with them.

Learn more and apply:
https://www.indeed.com/job/housing-intake-and-eligibility-specialist-98b4328d05961858

08/24/2026

Over the past several months, a community team working with a professor from the University of Southern Maine and the Lakes Region Recovery Center has developed a Photovoice project featuring photography, storytelling, research, and advocacy by people with lived experience of housing instability.

The project culminates this Friday with an exhibition of participants’ photographs and stories, followed by a screening of the documentary Building Hope: Ending Homelessness.

The event is free, and no ticket or RSVP is required.

We hope you’ll join the Lake Region community for an evening centered on lived experience, storytelling, and the conversation about housing instability in Maine.