June 5, 2007 Agenda

June 5, 2007 Meeting Minutes

October 2, 2007 Meeting Minutes

November 6, 2007 Meeting Minutes

These files require a PDF reader such as Adobe® Reader® which can be downloaded here.

Consolidated Housing and Community Development Plan

Consolidated plan from the City of Bangor describes its needs, 5 year strategy on a variety of community development issues, among which include affordable housing, fair housing, and homelessness.

2005 CPlan Table of Contents

5-Yr Consolidated Plan 2005-2009 052005 (340 page document)

2006 City of Bangor- Annual Action Plan

2006- City of Bangor Consolidated Plan of Housing and Community Development

Table of Contents 050306

2006 Annual Action Plan 051206 (3) (60 page document)

Shelter Plus Care Recipient Map

This map displays towns in Penobscot County with "Shelter Plus Care" Recipients

2006 cdbg towns in penobscot county with shelter plus care

Downtown Housing Detail

Shows the status and ownership of housing in downtown Bangor as of Aug. 2006

Copy of downtown housing detail 2006

Bangor Community Development Rehabilitation Loan Program

Shows the existing housing allowances for tenant-furnished utilities under the City of Bangor Community Development Residential Rehabilitiation Loan Program

Copy of FMR 2007

Ending Homelessness: Maine's Strategic Plan

me_devos_handout_1 (50 page document)

City of Bangor Housing Facts-- supplied by MSHA

MSHA HOUSING DATA Bangor 2005 (3)

Bangor Labor Market Housing Facts 2005-- supplied by MSHA

MSHA HOUSING DATA Bangor LMA 2005

Preventing Homelessness Among People with Serious Mental Illnesses

Article from the National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness

Preventing Homelessness (58 pages)

Group Survey Results

Results of a survey on project ideas- completed by ONOH group members in Dec. 2006

COPC Project Survey Results

Information on Bangor Area Homeless Shelter

The following 2 documents on the Bangor Area Homeless Shelter and the Greater Penobscot Continuum of Care were provided by Dennis Marble at the February group meeting.

Bangor Area Homeless Shelter Information

Greater Penobscot Continuum of Care Information

Developing Homelessness Prevention Practice 2006

The following article presents recommendations of three kinds for the development of homelessness prevention: for practice changes, for the effectiveness of different measures, and for a more systematic approach to the identification and dissemination of good practice.

Developing Homelessness Prevention Practice 2006

Opening Doors: The Section 8 Project Based Voucher Program...

The following article presents information on creating new housing opportunities for people with disabilities.

Opening Doors- the section 8 project-based voucher program

Homeless Veterans

The following fact sheet from the National Coalition for the Homeless provides information on homelessness amoung U.S. Veterans.

Homeless Veterans

Million-Dollar Murray

This article from the New Yorker Fact examines why problems like homelessness may be easier to solve than to manage.

Million-Dollar Murray

Glossary of Terms Related to Housing/Homelessness

Web based glossary of terms that are specifically related to HUD's Community Planning and Development (CPD) programs and functions.

http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/library/glossary/

Maine Housing Organizations

This document provides an overview of information on groups currently working to meeting housing related needs in Maine.

Summary of Maine housing orgs

Adult Family Care Homes

Housing and Services for Elders in Rural Communities

A Case Study in Maine- 2006

adfult family care housing- MB1

Toolkit for Affordable Housing Development

This document is a publication from Washington Area Housing. The link provides a compilation of policies and planning tools that local governments can use to preserve and promote affordable housing development.

housing toolkit- MB2

Healthy Aging

A report on healthy aging in Maine, prepared under a cooperative agreement between the Muskie School of Public Service and the Maine Department of Health and Human Services.

issuebriefhealthyaging- MB3

Transportation

A report prepared by the Maine Center on Aging on the current status and impact of transportation related issues in Maine.

issuebrieftransportation9-29-06- MB4