Saturday, August 18, 2018

PINE GROVE APARTMENTS - Searsport, Maine

PUBLIC HOUSING IN MAINE

BEECH CLIFF-SOUTHWEST HARBOR   MARINER WOODS-SEARSPORT   MEADOW VIEW-ELLSWORTH   WESTMAN VILLAGE-AUGUSTA   BIRCHWOOD APT.-BASS HARBOR




PINE GROVE APARTMENTS
Waldo County
Searsport, Maine
18 Union Street

Pine Grove Apartments is located in Searsport, Maine and offers 192 apartments.  This is a fairly large housing project but the apartments do appear to be well spaced and the grounds appear to be well kept.  The town of Searsport is a coastal town rich in fishing history and its town pier draws fishermen from near and far.  The town has a pizza shop as well as a good size food mart and an antique mall.  A number of fast food places are available just up the road in nearby Belfast which also has malls and a very large shop and save food store.  Moose Head State Park is also located in Belfast.
This property has received funding in part through the Section 515 Rural Rental Housing (Section 515) program. Very low, low, and moderate income families, elderly persons, and persons with disabilities are eligible to live at this property. Persons or Families living in substandard housing have priority for tenancy.
39 apartments here rent is based on 30% of your ajusted income.  There are 22 one bedroom apartments, and 20 two bedroom apartments as well as 2 three bedroom units.
Electricity, heat and hot water are the resident’s responsibility. Please note the average cost of electricity is taken into consideration when determining the rental amount. Now utilizing energy efficient HEAT PUMPS.  I myself went from Electric heat to a heat pump and my heat bill was cut in half.  Heat pumps provide heat in winter and air conditioner or fan in summer months and many housing projects across the state are installing these heat pumps.





Maine Development Associates
PO BOX 2219
Bangor, ME 04401

207-947-6795/ 1-800-639-1747
TDD 711 or 1-800-437-1220

PINE GROVE APARTMENTS WEBSITE






MARINER WOODS - Searsport, Maine


Mariner Woods Apartments
Searsport, Maine

Mariner Woods is located in Searsport Maine, and offers 24 apartments of which eight are one bedroom apartments and 16 are two bedroom apartments.  Each apartment has its own private entrance and all apartments are subsidized, which usually means rent is based on 30% of your ajusted income.  Smoking is not allowed in the units but there is a smoking area outside on site.  They state that apartments are two story units, but it does appear from the photos that the one bedroom units may be one level apartments.
Searsport is a nice quiet town located along the Maine coast rich in fishing history and located just down the road from the city of Belfast, Maine. 
A few stores in town include the Grasshopper Shop, Toziers Market which sells food items, and an antique mall.  A popular spot over the years with fishermen is the town's pier which attracts fishermen from near and far.  There is a very large shop and save food store just up the road in Belfast as well as a number of fast food places and Moose Head State Park. .  Searsport also has a pizza place. 



From the photos above you can see the air or heat pump units on the back side of the apartments which means these units will be a lot less expensive to heat than electric heat.  If you do not know, air pumps serve multiple purposes, in winter they provide heat, in summer they become an air conditioner or fan. 

Maine Development Associates
PO BOX 2219
Bangor, ME 04401

207-947-6795/ 1-800-639-1747
TDD 711 or 1-800-437-1220





Friday, August 17, 2018

BEECH CLIFF APARTMENTS - SOUTHWEST HARBOR MAINE

BEECH CLIFF APARTMENTS
Hanccock County
Southwest Harbor, Maine

This is a nice project located on a dead end road right in downtown Southwest Harbor, Maine.  The street the project is located on is forest Ave. and the shops and stores are all within a walk away.  Just down the road along Main Street is a small mall, the Fire Department, police station and the very popular Southwest Harbor Library.  Main street also has an ice cream stand, a hardware store, a mom and pop grocery store, a bike rental place and other shops.
The town is also serviced by the free island explorer buses which take passengers to places throughout the island for free, including to the village of Bar Harbor.
The project includes three one bedroom apartments and 18 two bedroom apartments.  This is listed as a family project.






Contact Phone: (207) 288-4770

Online application






TIMBERWOOD APARTMENTS - FARMINGDALE< MAINE

TIMBERWOOD APARTMENTS
Kennebec County,
Farmingdale Maine
Hasson Street

I checked these apartments out many years ago and they are really nice apartments, as you can see from the photos.  This is in a nice country setting and the photos really do say it all, this project is well kept up.  The town of Farmingdale, Maine is located between the town of Hallowell, Maine and the city of Gardiner, Maine.
The site says there are 24 apartments here, and clearly the project appears to be located at a dead end by the woods.

24 Units - 6 one bedroom, 18 two bedroom
17 apartments have rental assistance available
Kennebec County Income Limits Apply
Utility Allowance Provided
On-Site Parking
24 Hour Emergency Maintenance
Laundry Facilities On-Site
rent based on 30% of ajusted income
pets afre allowed

This property has received funding in part through the Section 515 Rural Rental Housing (Section 515) program. Very low, low, and moderate income families, elderly persons, and persons with disabilities are eligible to live at this property. Persons or Families living in substandard housing have priority for tenancy.

Figuring out income and rent limits for affordable housing can be complex when more than one federal program is involved. To know for sure if you qualify, you must contact the property directly. The amounts provided here should only be used as a basic guide.





 C&C Realty Management, LLC, 526 Western Avenue, P O Box 2506, Augusta, Maine 04338-2506
Phone: 207.621.7700  |  Toll Free: 1.866.621.7705  |  TTY Relay: 711  |  info@ccrealtymanagement.com


TIMBERWOOD APARTMENTS WEBSITE





BANGOR MAINE PUBLIC HOUSING

You will not find much here on Bangor Maine simply because of the way the city of Bangor runs its housing projects.  To put it simply, you don't chose where you will live in public housing in Bangor, the city will place you in a project of their choosing.  .
I found this out nearly twenty years ago when I was looking for a project in Bangor.  After visiting a number of projects we located the one we wanted to live at, and applied for an application.  It was your standard application with the exception that instead of having one project listed on it, it had many.  We circled the project we had found that we really liked and wrote in its name along the side of the page, and were contacted and told the city will pick the project you get to move into based on the information you supplied on your application.  We were asked if we were still interested in an apartment and I told the lady, no thanks, no one tells me were I am going to live.
Hopefully the city has changed the way they do things, but that was my experience with applying for housing in Bangor, Maine.