Portland Housing Authority

Open: Maine Housing Choice Voucher Centralized

This housing authority participates in the Maine Centralized Section 8 HCV Waiting List, which is a partnership between all 20 housing authorities in Maine. Applicants submit one application to apply to a centralized waiting list. Selected applicants will be placed on the centralized waiting list, and will be under consideration for every participating housing authority.

The Maine Centralized Section 8 HCV Waiting List is currently open.

The Maine Centralized waiting list will accept applications from April 2013, until further notice.

There are four ways to apply:

1. Complete the online application available here.
2. Download and print the application online.
3. Contact one of the participating housing authorities to request an application by mail. Contact information for all participating housing authorities can be found here.
4. Pick up a pre-application at the office of a participating housing authority. Address information for all participating housing authorities can be found here.

Once the application has been completed, it can be mailed, faxed or submitted in person to any participating housing authority. Contact information for all participating housing authorities can be viewed here.

The waiting list will be sorted differently by each housing authority according to its own preferences.

Participating housing authorities may have any of the following preferences: Disabled, elderly, family with minor children or dependents, where you live, veteran, displaced by natural or national disaster, chronically homeless, at where you work, non-subsidized, local full-time student, working, non-elderly or disabled single person family, Tedford Shelter resident. A full explanation of all preferences can be viewed here.

For more information, visit the website here, or contact a participating housing authority listed here.

Sources: This information was verified by the Maine Centralized page on December 28, 2022.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via one of the participating housing authorities listed here: http://mainesection8centralwaitlist.org/dup/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CWL-Participating-Housing-Authorities-REVISED-7-6-2020.pdf.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Open: Portland Housing Authority Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Portland Housing Authority (PHA) Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list is currently open, since at least May, 2019, until further notice. Waiting lists for a specific community or bedroom size may be closed.

To apply, contact the PHA or the property owner. Contact information for each community can be found here.

Once the application has been completed, it must be mailed or hand delivered to the PHA at:

14 Baxter Boulevard
Portland, ME 04101

For more information, visit the PHA Project-Based Vouchers page, or the PHA website

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (207) 773-4753.

IMPORTANT: This is not the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. Section 8 Project-Based Voucher tenants are required to live in a specific apartment community or scattered site. After one year of occupancy, a Project-Based Voucher tenant may request to be placed on a waiting list to receive the next available Housing Choice Voucher or similar tenant-based rental assistance.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Open: Portland Housing Authority Public Housing

The Portland Housing Authority (PHA) Public Housing waiting list is currently open, since at least June, 2015, until further notice. Waiting lists for a specific community or bedroom size may be closed.

There are three ways to apply:

1. Visit the PHA office, located at 14 Baxter Blvd, Portland, ME 04101.
2. Call (207) 773-4753 to request an application by mail.
3. Send a written request by mail to:
   Portland Housing Authority
   14 Baxter Boulevard
   Portland, ME 04101

For more information, visit the PHA Public Housing Program page, or the PHA website.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (207) 773-4753.

Next Steps

Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Open: Moderate Rehabilitation Project-Based

The Portland Housing Authority (PHA) Moderate Rehabilitation waiting list is currently open, since at least May, 2019, until further notice. Waiting lists for a specific community or bedroom size may be closed.

There are three ways to apply:

1. Visit the PHA office, located at 14 Baxter Blvd, Portland, ME 04101.
2. Call (207) 773-4753 to request an application by mail.
3. Send a written request by mail to:
   Portland Housing Authority
   14 Baxter Boulevard
   Portland, ME 04101

For more information, visit the PHA Moderate Rehabilitation page, or the PHA website.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (207) 773-4753.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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