Pine Tree Legal gets $375K for housing discrimination program
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Pine Tree Legal Assistance will use the federal funding to combat housing discrimination.
Pine Tree Legal Assistance, which provides free legal help to low-income people in Maine, has received $375,000 to assist individuals who believe that they have been victims of housing discrimination, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said this week.
The funding was awarded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Fair Housing Initiatives program.
“Every American deserves a fair and equal opportunity to buy or rent a home,” Collins said. “This funding will support fair housing initiatives across our state and help ensure that all Mainers have access to safe, affordable housing regardless of their race, gender identity, or sexual orientation.”
Pine Tree Legal Assistance, which is headquartered in Portland and is the state's only qualified fair housing organization, will use the grant to operate the Fair Housing Initiative Enforcement Project of Maine.
The project will serve all 16 counties in Maine, including 32 designated qualified Opportunity Zones. Those zones are an economic development tool that allows people to gain tax benefits when they invest in distressed areas to spur economic development and job creation.
The Fair Housing Initiatives program funds housing organizations and other nonprofits that assist individuals who believe that they have been victims of housing discrimination.
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