The Maine Homeowner Assistance Fund Program may be able to help one struggling to keep up with mortgage payments or other housing costs because of COVID-19-related financial hardships.
The program is provided through MaineHousing, Maine State Housing Authority in Augusta.
The state received $50 million from the U.S. Treasury’s Homeowner Assistance Fund to provide relief to homeowners who suffered a financial hardship because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a news release Shiloh LaFreniere, Jay’s town manager.
The HAF program can provide eligible homeowners up to $50,000 in benefits.
These benefits can be used for a variety of expenses or past due bills, including mortgage payments for Maine homeowners, or payments on taxes, sewer or other utilities.
For more information and to complete a pre-screening questionnaire, go to haf.mainehousing.org.
Comments are not available on this story. Read more about why we allow commenting on some stories and not on others.
We believe it's important to offer commenting on certain stories as a benefit to our readers. At its best, our comments sections can be a productive platform for readers to engage with our journalism, offer thoughts on coverage and issues, and drive conversation in a respectful, solutions-based way. It's a form of open discourse that can be useful to our community, public officials, journalists and others.
We do not enable comments on everything — exceptions include most crime stories, and coverage involving personal tragedy or sensitive issues that invite personal attacks instead of thoughtful discussion.
You can read more here about our commenting policy and terms of use. More information is also found on our FAQs.
Show less