Updated May 19
Times Record Community Matters: Maine Building Materials Exchange
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This month’s message from Maine Building Materials Exchange
The Building Materials Exchange was launched in 1989 as a project of the Cumberland County Affordable Housing Venture (CCAHV), the precursor to the Maine Housing and Building Materials Exchange. The mission of the Maine Housing and Building Materials Exchange (BME) is to: Benefit low-income homeowners and the environment by providing new and re-usable building materials at an affordable price, and by educating people about home repairs. BME is a private 501(c3) not for profit organization.
By Staff
Maine renters affected by COVID-19 can take advantage of a new rent relief program offered by MaineHousing, funded by the COVID-19 relief act passed by Congress in December.
The program will be overseen by the state s housing authority, which has contracted with Maine’s Community Action Programs to administer the relief in all 16 counties to people whose finances have been affected by the pandemic and related shutdowns.
The U.S. Treasury Department released new guidance for the program on Feb. 22. The Maine Affordable Housing coalition a month ago said that renters and landlords in Maine were falling farther behind as the Treasury Department finalized program rules for the desperately needed rent relief, which hasn t been available since Dec. 31, when the program was paused.