Tedford Housing Annual Meeting

Seasons of Homelessness

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Cram Alumni Barn, Bowdoin College

5:30-7:00 pm

Suggested donation $20.00

Please make your reservations by contacting Martha with your name and the number of guests in your party at:

207-729-1161. ext 101 or by email at martha@tedfordhousing.org.

Please RSVP by Wednesday, November 9, 2011.

Our first family has moved in and we are ready to provide assistance to other homeless families (meeting HUD’s definition).  114 Blake has six two-bedroom, two three-bedroom, and two one-bedroom apartments.  Tenants will receive supportive housing services on site.

Tedford Housing was fortunate to receive assistance from the Lewiston Housing Authority, MaineHousing (Maine State Housing Authority) Lewiston-Auburn CDBG program, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston and Androscoggin Bank.

Meanwhile, the work continues at 22 Pine Street in Auburn as the old Franklin School starts to take shape as six one-bedroom units for homeless adults with a disability.  Common Ties, a major provider of mental health services is partnering with Tedford Housing in the project and will offer comprehensive case management services to the tenants.  YouthBuild, a U.S. Department of Labor program that provides training and construction employment opportunities to troubled young people, is also partnering in this project and provided essential labor to for demolition, drywall, and painting.  Financing has been secured from HUD, MaineHousing, and the City of Auburn.

For more information, contact us at 207.729.1161 to find out how you can help.

We are in a lull in our Warm Thy Neighbor Program activity, after a heating season we thought might never end.  WTN is a community home heating assistance program which is part of our homeless prevention program.  Since we assumed management of the program in October of 2010, essential heating assistance has been provided to 184 households comprised of 277 people.

As Mainers know, the loss of heating fuel can result in permanent damage to pipes throughout a home rendering it unlivable.  Additionally, many of our elderly folks try to wait out the cold and suffer terrible consequences to their health.  That makes Warm Thy Neighbor an essential factor in homelessness prevention.

Sallie Smith, founder of the program established the program five years ago in response to the growing number of at risk familes in need of assistance to keep their homes warm.

The program is made possible by generous donors, corporations, towns and service groups.  We are profoundly grateful to all who provide support either by cash donations or in-kind from fuel providers.

To make a donation, contact our Martha Sterling-Golden in Development  at 729-1161 x101.

If you are a family or individual in need of assistance contact our WTN program coordinator, Tina Sanders, at 729-1161 x112 for eligibility.

Tedford Housing has been awarded a 2-year contract with MaineHousing to provide homeless prevention and re-housing services to households in Sagadahoc and Lincoln Counties and the town of Brunswick. The program focuses on assisting individuals and families at imminent risk of homelessness and those who are homeless and in need of minimal, temporary assistance to obtain housing. See our Program page for more information.