Home Improvement Grants in South Portland.
Browse cataloged grants, rebates, loans, and other assistance records for South Portland, ME. Verify each program's current rules, service area, and status.
The South Portland, ME directory shows 23 cataloged resources. Of those, 22 are currently open or actionable home improvement or repair assistance records; the largest published amount stored among those 22 records is $126,526, not an estimate of your award. Discovery tags include 3 senior-related records, 2 veteran-related records, and 9 marked with no income limit. These tags do not determine eligibility; verify the complete official rules.
Record set last reviewed 2026-06-09. How we verify our data.
Types of help in this city
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| Funding type | Records | What to verify | Label scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grants | 14 | Repayment, tax, and possible lien terms | Directory classification; confirm official terms |
| Forgivable loans | 1 | Forgiveness schedule, residency, and lien terms | Directory classification; confirm official terms |
| Rebates | 5 | Eligible purchases, upfront payment, and claim timing | Directory classification; confirm official terms |
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FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
HMGP provides funding after a presidentially declared disaster to help communities reduce future disaster losses. Homeow...
FEMA Increased Cost of Compliance (ICC) Coverage
ICC coverage is built into every National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policy and pays up to $30,000 to help bring a s...
HUD Lead Hazard Control & Healthy Homes
HUD funds state, county, and city governments to identify and fix lead-based paint hazards and other health hazards (mol...
EPA / WIIN Act Lead Service Line Replacement
EPA's WIIN Act grants and the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) fund lead service line replacement programs in...
MaineHousing Lead Hazard Control Program
MaineHousing provides free lead hazard testing and abatement for homes built before 1978 where children under age 6 resi...
Maine State Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)
Federal WAP program administered by MaineHousing provides comprehensive energy efficiency improvements including insulat...
MaineHousing Home Repair Program
Provides deferred-payment loans for essential home repairs to owner-occupants with incomes up to 80% area median. Loans ...
Efficiency Maine Heat Pump Rebate
Efficiency Maine offers rebates up to $2,200 per qualified heat pump for Maine residents. Additional income-qualified re...
Efficiency Maine Heat Pump Water Heater Rebate
Rebate for qualifying heat pump water heaters that reduce electricity use by 50-70% compared to standard electric water ...
Efficiency Maine Home Energy Savings Program
Rebates for professionally installed insulation and air sealing improvements. Requires a home energy assessment by a par...
Maine Solar + Storage Rebate Program
Rebate program for residential solar photovoltaic systems paired with battery storage. Provides $4,000 base rebate for s...
USDA Section 504 Home Repair Program
USDA provides loans up to $40,000 and grants up to $10,000 for very low-income homeowners to repair, improve, or moderni...
VA Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) Grant
Helps veterans with certain service-connected disabilities purchase or modify a home to accommodate their disability. El...
VA Special Housing Adaptation (SHA) Grant
Provides grants to veterans with certain service-connected disabilities to make accessibility adaptations to their home....
Maine Property Tax Fairness Credit
Maine state income tax credit available to homeowners and renters whose property taxes or rent (which includes a propert...
South Portland CDBG Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation
CDBG-funded forgivable loan for major home repairs and rehabilitation for South Portland homeowners with income at or be...
South Portland Emergency Home Repair Grant
Grant assistance for emergency home repairs that pose immediate threats to health and safety for very low-income South P...
South Portland ADA/Accessibility Modification Grant
CDBG grant to help South Portland homeowners with disabilities make accessibility modifications to their homes. Covers r...
South Portland Senior Home Repair Program
Grant program for South Portland homeowners age 62 and older to address minor health, safety, and weatherization repairs...
South Portland Sewer Lateral Repair Assistance
Assistance program for South Portland homeowners needing to repair or replace failing private sewer laterals. Combines g...
Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP)
Federal LIHEAP-funded program administered by Maine DHHS providing heating assistance to low-income households. Benefit ...
Maine Small Communities Septic Repair Program
DEP program helping homeowners in South Portland repair or replace failing septic systems. Covers 75% of eligible costs ...
Central Maine Power Heat Pump Incentives
Electric utility incentive for South Portland residents served by CMP (or Versant) to install high-efficiency heat pumps...
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