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 MISSION STATEMENT The Portland Housing Authority will provide quality, affordable housing opportunities. We will partner with those we serve and appropriate agencies to enhance the quality of life in our community and challenge all to achieve excellence. |
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT The Portland Housing Authority complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Maine Human Rights Commission and all applicable regulations, and with all applicable requirements related to receipt of federal and/or state funds. The compliance officer for purposes of this policy is: Executive Director Portland Housing Authority 14 Baxter Boulevard Portland, Maine 04101 (207)773-4753 |
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 | An Overview of PHA HISTORY | |
| 1943 | Legislature passed Section 1, Chapter 260 of the Public Laws of 1943 creating local Public Housing Authorities. | |
| 1943 | The Portland City Council establishes the Portland Housing Authority pursuant to Section 1, Chapter 260, of the Public Laws of 1943. | |
| 1943 | Sagamore Village opens as a war housing project administered by the Portland Housing Authority. | |
| 1949 | "An Act to Create Public Bodies Known as Housing Authorities" is passed by the Ninety-Fourth Legislature. | |
| 1949 | Portland City Council rejects public housing (7-2). | |
| 1950 | Neal W. Allen, Chairman of the Portland Planning Board reports to the City Council on its recommendations for Housing and Urban Renewal initiatives on June 5, 1950. | |
| 1950 | City Council accepts plan for redevelopment which clears the way for Sagamore to operate as a low-income project. | |
| 1953 | City Council and the Portland Housing Authority enter into a "Cooperation Agreement" allowing the PHA to take control of Sagamore from the Federal Government. | |
| 1959 | Redevelopment of Bayside Park area; renewing calls for new public housing projects. | |
| 1961 | Portland voters approve Portland Housing Authority plan to build 70 units of public housing in Bayside Park. | |
| 1963 | Construction of 46 units begins. | |
| 1964 | Bayside Park project is named Kennedy Park after the late President. | |
| 1965 | Kennedy Park is completed; Bayside Terrace project (24 units) begins. Franklin Towers project receives approval from the Federal Housing Authority. | |
| 1966 | Bayside Terrace completed. | |
| 1967 | Franklin Towers project begins construction. | |
| 1969 | Northern New England's tallest dwelling structure accepts its first resident on September 2, 1969. | |
| 1971 | Harbor Terrace, Front Street, and Dermot Court projects are added to the Portland Housing Authority's housing stock. | |
| 1972 | Bayside East and Riverton Park are added to the Portland Housing Authority's rent rolls. | |
| 1973 | Washington Gardens completed. Portland Housing Authority public housing expansion ends. | |
| 1975 | Portland Housing Authority awards its first Section 8 certificate beginning the Leased Housing Program. | |
| 1979 | Portland Housing Corporation is formed; $6,895,000 in bonds sold and proceeds loaned to a private developer for Congress Square Plaza project. | |
| 1980 | Sagamore Village gets $1.7 million in modernization funds. | |
| 1983 | Portland Housing Development Corporation is founded. | |
| 1984 | Portland Housing Development Corporation makes first grant of aid to the American Red Cross shelter fund. | |
| 1985 | Portland Housing Development Corporation makes first loan to a community organization for the development of new subsidized housing units. | |
| 1986 | Portland Housing Development Corporation funds the "Serenity House" and the "City Hospital" project. | |
| 1987 | Kennedy Park, Bayside East, and Bayside Terrace receive modernization funds ($3.3 million); Front Street receives $1.2 million in modernization funds. | |
| 1988 | Portland Housing Development Corporation awards Cumberland County Affordable Housing Venture a $50,000 grant. | |
| 1988 | Portland Housing Development Corporation establishes the Public Housing Scholarship Fund for project youth enrolled in a post-secondary school. | |
| 1988 | Riverton Park receives modernization funds in the amount of $562,000.00 | |
| 1988 | Portland Housing Authority grants funding to Community Leadership Initiatives of Maine (CLIME) to institute substance abuse education in its family developments (Peer Leader Program). | |
| 1989 | Portland Housing Development Corporation loans Portland West $31,000 for the Transitional Housing Program located at Bell Street, with social services provided by the City of Portland. | |
| 1989 | Portland Housing Authority moves its administrative offices to 14 Baxter Boulevard. | |
| 1989 | CLIME becomes part of the Peoples Regional Opportunity Program (PROP) which now administers the Peer Leader Program. Additional funding is granted. | |
| 1989 | Riverton Park receives second phase of modernization funding in the amount of $1,542,000. | |
| 1989 | Portland Housing Authority implemented "Project Bootstrap" in coordination with the City of Portland to assist low-income families in becoming self-sufficient. | |
| 1990 | Portland Housing Development Corporation loans $23,000 to Youth Alternatives of Southern Maine. | |
| 1990 | Portland Housing Development Corporation hires York-Cumberland Housing Development Corporation to perform assessment of needs for the East Bayside Neighborhood in conjunction with the City of Portland's application to create a Housing Opportunity Zone in the neighborhood. | |
| 1990 | Riverton Park receives Phase III modernization funding in the amount of $1,125,000. Funds also obligated to replace roofs at Franklin Towers and Harbor Terrace. | |
| 1990 | Portland Housing Authority awarded grant in the amount of $231,000 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public Housing Drug Elimination Program. | |
| 1990 | Portland Housing Authority, in conjunction with PROP, opens Family Resource Center in the Front Street development. | |
| 1990 | Portland Housing Development Corporation loans PROP $5,000 for their Brackett Street Project. | |
| 1991 | Portland Housing Development Corporation grants Cumberland County Affordable Housing Venture $5,000. | |
| 1991 | Portland Housing Authority hires full-time Resident Initiatives Coordinator to assist residents of public housing become self-sufficient. | |
| 1991 | Riverton Park receives Phase IV modernization funding in the amount of $1,381,000. Included in the funding is money for special projects in Franklin Towers and Sagamore Village and Lead Based Paint Testing for all of the Authority's family developments. | |
| 1991 | Portland Housing Authority awarded funds in the amount of $250,000 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public Housing Drug Elimination Program to be used for police foot patrols, contracting with the Portland Police Department for services. | |
| 1992 | Portland Housing Authority receives $1,315,138 in modernization funding under HUD's new Comprehensive Grant Program. A majority of the funds are to be used in Washington Gardens. | |
| 1992 | Portland Housing Development Corporation grants $25,000 to Habitat for Humanity to purchase land for a single-family home. | |
| 1992 | Portland Housing Authority awarded $250,000 from Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public Housing Drug Elimination Program (PHDEP) to be used to continue the Peer Leader program and to provide recreational activities for youths of public housing. | |
| 1992 | On September 10, 1992 the Portland Housing Authority opens the first community-based study center in Riverton Park to promote educational opportunities. | |
| 1993 | Portland Housing Authority celebrates 50th anniversary. | |
| 1993 | Portland Housing Authority receives $1,497,410 in comprehensive grant funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. | |
| 1994 | Portland Housing Authority receives an additional $182,272 in comprehensive grant funding. | |
| 1994 | Portland Housing Authority creates the Division of Resident Services, which includes social work, family self-sufficiency, resident initiatives, education centers, community policing, and drug elimination activities. | |
| 1994 | Portland Housing Authority receives $250,000 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Drug Elimination Program. | |
| 1994 | Portland Housing Authority opens education centers in Sagamore Village, Kennedy Park, and Front Street. | |
| 1994 | Portland Housing Authority receives $1,847,507 from HUD's comprehensive grant program. | |
| 1995 | Portland Housing Authority receives $1,717,664 from HUD's comprehensive grant program. | |
| 1995 | Portland Housing Authority awarded a grant in the amount of $1,000,000 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to develop a Family Investment Center. | |
| 1995 | Portland Housing Authority establishes a working agreement with the Southern Maine Area Agency on Aging to provide service coordination in our elderly/disabled developments. | |
| 1995 | Portland Housing Authority is recognized by the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) with a National Award of Excellence for the Sagamore Village Health Resource Center. | |
| 1995 | Portland Housing Authority awarded a grant from the Kellogg Foundation in the amount of $50,000 for the Sagamore Village Health Resource Center and a small grant from Brighton Medical Center to establish a Women's Health Clinic. | |
| 1995 | Portland Housing Authority receives $307,200 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Drug Elimination Program. | |
| 1995 | Portland Housing Authority receives funding in the amount of $150,000 under the Elderly Services Grant. | |
| 1996 | Portland Housing Authority receives $1,441,053 in comprehensive grant funding. | |
| 1997 | Portland Housing Authority Family Investment Center opens its doors for business. | |
| 1997 | Portland Housing Authority receives $303,900 from HUD's Drug Elimination Program. | |
| 1997 | Portland Housing Authority receives $1,431,027 in comprehensive grant funding. | |
| 1997 | Portland Housing Authority applies for and is awarded funding under the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Grant). | |
| 1997 | Portland Housing Authority receives $230,262 in a three-year grant for Elderly Services Grant. | |
| 1998 | Portland Housing Authority receives $1,432,509 in comprehensive grant funding. | |
| 1998 | Portland Housing Authority receives renewal funding in the amount of $80,262 under the Elderly Services Grant. | |
| 1998 | Portland Housing Authority receives an Award of Merit from the New England Regional Council of NAHRO for the Institute of Practical Democracy. | |
| 1998 | Portland Housing Authority receives $303,900 from HUD's Drug Elimination Program. | |
| 1998 | Portland Housing Authority receives $80,272 for the Service Coordinator Grant (ROSS). | |
| 1998 | Portland Housing Authority receives an FSS grant award of $51,611. | |
| 1999 | Portland Housing Authority receives $1,682,685 in comprehensive grant funding. | |
| 1999 | Portland Housing Authority receives $81,816 for the Service Coordinator Grant (ROSS). | |
| 1999 | Portland Housing Authority receives $223,459 from HUD's Drug Elimination Program. | |
| 2000 | Portland Housing Authority receives an Award of Merit from the New England Regional Council of NAHRO for the Family Investment Center. | |
| 2000 | Portland Housing Authority receives $232,891 from HUD's Drug Elimination Program. | |
| 2000 | Portland Housing Authority receives an Award of Excellence from the New England Regional Council of NAHRO for the Institute for Practical Democracy. | |
| 2000 | Portland Housing Authority receives $81,816 for the Service Coordinator Grant (ROSS). | |
| 2000 | Portland Housing Authority joins PROP and the Preble Street Resource Center in the competition to develop twenty-seven units of family housing in the Bayside Neighborhood. | |
| 2000 | Portland Housing Authority receives an FSS grant award of $47,700. | |
| 2001 | Portland Housing Authority receives $249,623 from HUD's Drug Elimination Program. | |
| 2001 | Portland Housing Authority receives $1,839,639 in comprehensive grant funding. | |
| 2001 | Portland Housing Authority receives $81,816 for the Service Coordinator Grant (ROSS). | |
| 2001 | Portland Housing Authority receives and FSS grant award of $44,800. | |
| 2002 | Portland Housing Authority receives $1,759,430 in comprehensive grant funding. | |
| 2002 | Portland Housing Authority enters into a contract with PROP to sell excess land on Anderson Street for PROP's development of nine units of family housing. | |
| 2002 | Portland Housing Authority receives a $369,084 comprehensive grant bonus for attaining a "High Performance" designation. | |
| 2002 | Portland Housing Authority receives a 2002 score of 96 on HUD's new Public Housing Assessment Program. | |
| 2002 | Portland Housing Authority receives an FSS grant award of $49,300. | |
| 2002 | Portland Housing Authority is first in the State of Maine to provide and close on a Section 8 Home Ownership property. | |
| 2003 | Portland Housing Authority receives a Merit Award from NERC/NAHRO for its Cultivating Community endeavor. | |
| 2003 | Portland Housing Authority receives an award from St. Joseph's College of Maine for outstanding service to the community as well as hosting and working with St. Joseph's College students as a Community Partner. | |
| 2003 | Portland Housing Authority receives a 2003 score of 97 on HUD's Public Housing Assessment Program. | |
| 2004 | Portland Housing Authority receives a 2004 score of 96 on HUD's Public Housing Assessment Program and 100 on HUD's SEMAP Program. |