Coastal Enterprises - Partnerships

CEI has a long and successful history of forming partnerships with other organizations and businesses which allow us to design and carry out complex housing projects. Our regular partners include the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, USDA Rural Development, Maine State Housing Authority, Fannie Mae, Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Ford Foundation, Heron Foundation, and Calvert Social Investment Foundation, along with many others. CEI housing developers have the experience and expertise necessary to align multiple interests into synergistic and successful partnerships.

CEI IN THE NEWS!

The results are in! Learn what the evaluation of the Farms for the Future disclosed ...

Ron Phillips, President of CEI, speaks on public television’s “Conversations with Maine.”

Maine Legislature Passes Model Anti-Predatory Lending Bill.

Review LD 1869 here.

Predatory Mortgages in Maine Recent Trends and the Persistence of Abusive Lending Practices. A joint report issued by Coastal Enterprises, Inc. and the Center for Responsible Lending, 2006.

CEI receives SCED award for CED excellence.

Announcing the publication, Telling Their Stories: Women Business Owners in Western Maine

Read about NMTC's $120 million allocation to CEI.

CEI worked with a broad coalition to get the Office of Consumer Credit Regulations to study the impacts of payday lending.

The Maine Working Waterfront Coalition works to help save commercial fishing access properties.

SHALOM HOUSE - Caring and Living within a Community

Robert Lambert's journey toward recovery began with a walk around the block. Like other residents of a Shalom House group home in Portland, Robert was able to work on recovering from his psychiatric disorder because he had housing and support.

During his walks, Robert gradually began to feel more comfortable. Slowly he expanded his activities within the Shalom House family and the larger community. Today, with the help of the Shalom House Peer Support Program, Robert spends his time writing, swimming, lifting weights, hiking, shopping, and dining in the area, as well as attending county fairs, parties, and even high school reunions. Having a safe, comfortable place to live was crucial to Robert's recovery.

In partnership with the Maine State Housing Authority and the Genesis Fund, the Maine Community Reinvestment Corporation (MCRC), a bank consortium managed by CEI, helped Shalom House, Inc. to finance the renovation of a third group home in Portland, providing a stable home and access to mental health services for seven people with mental disabilities.