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Attention Landlords:  New inspection standards effective December 29, 2024

Here is a link:

http://www.mainehousing.org/docs/default-source/rental/hcv-inspection-standards---new-smoke-detector-requirement-12292024.pdf?sfvrsn=1bff9d15_1

Welcome to Partner Portal, an up-to-date secure website used to assist landlords participating in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCV).

Are you looking for a way to fill your vacant unit(s) with potential Section 8 tenants? Email your name and contact information to Melissa Ruggiero, Housing Navigator at mruggiero@mainehousing.org.

Please include the address, bedroom size, rental amount and utility structure of the vacant unit. Melissa will then be able to refer voucher holders who are searching for housing in your area to you.

or

Visit www.MaineHousingSearch.org, a free rental listing site where you can post all of your available units throughout Maine. Become a participating landlord!

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In an effort to incent Landlords to participate in MaineHousing's Housing Choice Voucher ("HCV") program, MaineHousing will pay landlords a $750 Signing Bonus for every unit newly leased to a MaineHousing HCV participant.

Criteria for the Program are as follows:

    * Rental rates are affordable within the HCV program guidelines

    * The rental unit passes a Housing Quality Standards Inspection

    * Landlords enter into a one-year lease with a new tenant and sign a contract with MaineHousing before funding is exhausted

    * Landlords must not have any open housing discrimination claims

    * Landlords receive $750 at or around the time of the first monthly payment

    * Project Based Voucher (PBV) Units are not eligible

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at 207-624-5789.

TERMS OF SERVICE

The information regarding payment to landlords on behalf of tenant rent subsidy reflects activity that MaineHousing's computer system has generated. Please contact your bank to verify the deposit into your account. If your payment was mailed and you do not receive it within 14 days of the effective date, please contact Wendy Gosselin or Brandi Santo at (207) 624-5789 or email us at section8hcv@mainehousing.org.

Nondiscrimination Notice: Maine State Housing Authority ("MaineHousing") does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, or familial status in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its programs, and activities. MaineHousing will provide appropriate communication auxiliary aids and services upon sufficient notice. MaineHousing has designated the following person responsible for coordinating compliance with applicable federal and state nondiscrimination requirements and addressing grievances: Lauren Bustard, Maine State Housing Authority, 26 Edison Dr Augusta, ME 04330 Telephone Number 1-800-452-4668 (voice in state only) (207)626-4600 (voice),Maine Relay 711