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Healthy Homes

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The Town of Bucksport has approved extending the Bucksport Safety & Accessibility Home Repair Program now called "Aging in Place" into 2024/2025. We thank the Town for their continued support of this Hancock County Habitat for Humanity program.

Bucksport

Below are the eligibility requirements:

Home Safety & Accessibility Program Eligibility Requirements - As of 7/5/24

 

  • Live in Bucksport

  • 60 years old or older

  • Owns their home or lives in a home owned by someone in their family

  • Has an annual household income under the following limits (80 percent of the Area Median Income for Hancock County)

  • $47,600 for household of one

  • $54,400 for two

  • $61,200 for three

  • $68,000 for four

  • $73,450 for five

  • $78,900 for six

  • $84,350 for seven

  • $89,800 for eight

  • Does not have their own home for sale

  • Does not intend to put their home up for sale for at least two years

  • Does not rent out their home; or if so, rents it out less than 60 days per year

Orland & Verona Island

Thanks to an $8,000 grant from Maine Community Foundation, BBHCC has set up a "Healthy Homes Fund" for Bucksport, Orland, and Verona Island residents for home safety & accessibility repairs. If you reside in either Orland or Verona Island, you can complete an application for funding from BBHCC if you meet the eligibility requirements below.

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  • Live in Orland or Verona Island

  • 60 years or older

  • Owns their home or live in a home owned by someone in the family

  • Has an annual household income under the following limits:

  • $35,336 for a household of one

  • $46,209 for a household of two

  • $57,082 for a household of three

  • $67,955 for a household of four

  • $78,827 for a household of five

  • $89,700 for a household of six

  • Does not have their own home for sale

  • Does not intend to put their home up for sale for at least two years

  • Does not rent out their home or rents it out less than 60 days per year.

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Home Repair

Maine Housing's Home Accessibility and Repair Program provides help to low-income homeowners who cannot afford necessary home repairs in the form of a grant. 

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Single Family Housing Repair Loans & Grants, United States

What does this program do? 
Also known as the Section 504 Home Repair program, this provides loans to very-low-income homeowners to repair, improve or modernize their homes or grants to elderly very-low-income homeowners to remove health and safety hazards.

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How to Hire a Home Improvement Contractor

Here's the homework you need to do before letting someone work on your home

https://www.aarp.org/livable-communities/info-2014/7-steps-to-hiring-a-contractor.html

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Town launches pilot program to support senior residents
"We're so grateful that so many resources came together to make this happen. We want to serve at least 20 projects within the next year,” said Vanessa Newman, consultant for Bucksport Bay Healthy Community Coalition. “This is the pilot program so the more people that are excited about it the more we can continue it."
Fox Bangor News, July 3, 2023
https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/town-launches-pilot-program-to-support-senior-residents/article_a3326ed2-19ee-11ee-a832-e703eec06e8a.html

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