We create opportunities that support self-sufficiency, self-respect and pride for residents.
Stable housing is healthcare. It promotes positive outcomes in education, employment, physical and mental health, and financial stability.
With a place to call home, self-respect, and a support system, playing an active role in the community can be made possible.
The housing we provide represents a long-term community asset. We strive to be the best housing agency in town.
BATH—MaineHousing has awarded Bath Housing Development Corporation a $150,000 grant to continue its trailblazing “Comfortably Home” program in 2023. Along with that funding, MaineHousing is… Read More
Bath Housing and the Patten Free Library hosted a discussion in October 2022 about the history of housing in Bath, from WWI forward. The Q&A… Read More
Bath Housing Authority is pleased to announce it has been awarded a Safety Enhancement Grant by the Maine Municipal Association Workers Compensation Fund in the… Read More
Please feel free to give us a call to talk through your long-term housing needs. We have staff that can provide information about Bath Housing apartments, preliminary applications, and waitlist timeframes.
(207) 443-3116
The Bath Housing Office is open Tuesday through Thursday from 9 am to 3 pm.
Staff are available over the phone and by appointment from 8 am to 4 pm Monday through Thursday.
Scam callers have been trying to dupe electricity customers in Maine and elsewhere by threatening to turn off their service.
Central Maine Power and its parent company, Avangrid, are warning customers to be wary of phone calls from people claiming to be company representatives after a wave of reports about scam calls.
There is no paywall for this article, and you can listen to it OR read it.
www.pressherald.com/2023/03/21/cmp-warns-customers-to-be-careful-after-wave-of-scam-calls/
If you weren't able to attend the in-person workshop about Bath's Future Land Use -- part of the city's Comprehensive Plan update -- you can participate online! Take the survey to share your ideas about key areas of the city: Downtown, the Waterfront, the Route 1 Corridor and Bath's rural areas.
You can also view the Future Land Use workshop that was held on March 13 online. Please help the City of Bath reach more community members by sharing the link to the survey with your friends, neighbors, and networks. www.planbath.me/futurelanduse
Malls as living space? What do you think? Here’s the gist of the article for those with paywalls:
When Cyrus Butler built the country’s first enclosed shopping mall in 1828, its large foyer and distance from other retail shops in Rhode Island’s capital of Providence quickly earned it the nickname “Butler’s Folly.”
For a long time, it was an apt moniker. But the mall’s business fizzled out over nearly two centuries. Developer Evan Granoff purchased it in 2005, closed it three years later and then repurposed it into 48 micro-lofts and 22 first-floor retail spaces that got snapped up in the tight real estate market.
“It could not have worked out better,” said Lisa Marrocco, director of operations at Granoff Associates. “He’s the first person to actually make money on it in 200 years.”
That’s the type of success Rep. Dick Campbell, R-Orrington, would like to see happen in Maine. He has introduced a bill in the Legislature to repurpose vacant shopping mall and retail space into mixed-use housing and retail. Campbell originally envisioned converting empty big box stores in malls but broadened his scope given Maine’s dire need for housing.
Campbell is not responding to any proposed housing project in Maine, and his bill is a so-called concept draft carrying only a goal and no language. He will leave the crafting of the measure to a new housing committee formed by Democratic legislative leaders.
www.bangordailynews.com/2023/03/13/business/malls-housing-shortage-joam40zk0w/
“If you keep your family on the right track then you’re set.”
With a wonderful, close-knit family, Arlene has lived a happy life. Being the third generation to live in Maine from Scotland, Arlene’s favorite places are the Bath YMCA, Maine Maritime Museum and the Botanical Gardens in Boothbay Harbor. She enjoys knitting in her spare time, developed from her long career at Congress Sportswear in Bath. She did not expect to live retirement without her husband but is fortunate to be socially active with the other residents in her building.
