Community Action Agencies provide a variety of programs aimed at reducing housing insecurity and helping individuals and families remain safely in their homes.
These programs include emergency rental and mortgage payments, home ownership education, homelessness prevention, and many others.
The table below shows which community action agencies provide programs within this service area:
Our Impact & the Need in FY24
1,187
Individuals obtained safe and affordable housing through the assistance of our network of agencies
65,475
Severely cost-burdened households in Maine – housing costs are more than 50% of household income
395
Individuals avoided eviction through the support of our agencies