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Affordable Housing
Maine People’s Alliance believes in building democratic and inclusive communities where all residents have equal access to fair housing. We believe that access to quality and affordable housing is a human right.
We organize so that low-income people are at the table to make the critical decisions that guide housing development and planning in our neighborhoods and communities. We envision a community planning process that frees people from the forces of gentrification and displacement as they directly participate in the decisions that affect their lives. Democracy does not and cannot happen behind closed doors! That’s why Maine People’s Alliance has been organizing around low-income housing issues since 1982 and we’re still going strong!
Housing Strategy Committee Meeting
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Androscoggin Valley Chapter Office, 278 Lisbon St., Lewiston.
Call Kate at 782-7876 for more information.
Current Campaigns
The Visible Community continues to work in Lewiston to preserve and create affordable housing and ensure the participation of downtown low-income residents in municipal decision-making processes. We are in the first stages of developing a People’s Downtown Master Plan in an effort to empower downtown residents to shape future development in their neighborhoods. We are currently identifying buildings that can be restored and turned back into affordable housing. We are working to preserve and rehab a historic building called the Androscoggin Mill Block which was once affordable housing but is now vacant and under the ownership of the City of Lewiston. We are also working to restore Maple St. Park which was taken down when a neighboring building was demolished and never put back.
We are in the beginning stages of an exciting Housing Trust Fund campaign where the Housing Strategy Committee will work to establish and strengthen state funding pools for affordable housing and homeless services.
Read more about our Housing Trust Fund Campaign.
Join us in our campaign
We meet every 4th Thursday of the month. Call Kate at 782-7876 for details.
Allies and Partners
MPA works with a number of allied groups to accomplish our affordable housing goals. Please visit our Allies and Partners page for a list of links.
Maine Initiatives
MPA is proud to be a grantee and partner of Maine Initiatives, a fund for change that cultivates social, economic, and environmental justice through grants and other support to grassroots organizations in Maine communities.
MPA's Affordable Housing work
2005: Organized a statewide Housing Strategy Committee that works on statewide housing policy issues and supports local efforts. The Housing Committee is also a connection point for people who are working on housing issues all over the state.
2005: The Visible Community saved 850 people from eviction in Lewiston! We successfully stopped the City’s Heritage Initiative plan to put a boulevard right through the middle of our downtown neighborhoods and demolish dozens of affordable housing units.
2004: Founding member of the Visible Community, an organization of low-income people and advocates who organize with MPA to ensure that Lewiston residents have a say in decisions around housing and city planning.
1984: Worked on utility rate issues and organized low-income residents in Lewiston/Auburn to put pressure on decision-makers