Local housing resources
SANFORD HOUSING AUTHORITY FIVE APPLICANT COMMUNITIES — https://sanfordhousing.org/applicants/ and https://sanfordhousing.org/program-projects/ reviewed September 29, 2026. Five distinct SHA-managed applicant-page communities: East Side Acres, Sunset Tower, The Maples and Mayflower Place in Sanford, plus Village View in Springvale. The 2026 maintenance source https://sanfordhousing.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/SHA-2026-Snow-Managment-Bid.pdf gives addresses for The Maples and Mayflower Place but differs from the projects page on East Side Acres' unit count (48 versus 49). East Side Acres spans three streets and Village View spans two numbered buildings; both remain unpinned group records. SHA's https://sanfordhousing.org/applicants/ provides a downloadable SHA property application https://sanfordhousing.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/SHA-universal-application_Nov2024.pdf for these five named developments and says applicants may also call the office. Its https://sanfordhousing.org/about-us/ says the waiting list is open for all complexes but that there is a wait; this establishes application intake, not vacant units or an offer to select a particular apartment. The 2024 form asks whether anyone in the household has ever been convicted of a felony and asks about other history; the question is not an automatic denial rule or proof of conviction-specific acceptance. Confirm the current application procedure, income/occupancy rules, rent and written screening criteria with SHA at 207-324-6747. The 17 School Street Sanford office is not a dwelling address. The separately linked Section 8 pre-application is for tenant-based vouchers, not these SHA-managed residences. East Side Acres — SHA's applicant page offers two-, three- and four-bedroom family housing at East Side Acres. Its project page describes nine two-story buildings, a community building and playground across Emery, Bowdoin and Bates streets in Sanford, built in 1968. That page calls it 49 multifamily public-housing apartments and also labels its program “Project Base Voucher & HCV”; SHA's 2026 snow-management scope instead calls the same nine-building site 48 units. Both counts are source claims, not available-unit counts; confirm the current total with SHA rather than quietly choosing one. The 2024 universal application defines East Side Acres family eligibility as a minor child in the home or a pregnant woman. This is one unpinned development group, not a single residence at SHA's administrative office or at a dated event venue address. Sources: https://sanfordhousing.org/applicants/, https://sanfordhousing.org/program-projects/, https://sanfordhousing.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/SHA-universal-application_Nov2024.pdf, https://sanfordhousing.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/SHA-2026-Snow-Managment-Bid.pdf. Sunset Tower — SHA's property page places Sunset Tower at 941 Main Street, Sanford. It describes a central, bus-route-accessible, eight-story building constructed in 1970 with 72 efficiency/studio and one-bedroom apartments. The applicant page and universal application say applicants must be age 55+; the project page lists the program as project-based vouchers. SHA does not give a current rent amount, vacancy or property-specific wait time on these pages. The 72 is a building total, not an offer of 72 available homes. Sources: https://sanfordhousing.org/applicants/, https://sanfordhousing.org/program-projects/, https://sanfordhousing.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/SHA-universal-application_Nov2024.pdf, https://sanfordhousing.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/SHA-2026-Snow-Managment-Bid.pdf. The Maples — SHA's projects page describes The Maples as a three-story, 26-apartment senior building constructed in 2008 with MaineHousing tax-credit financing. The 2026 site-maintenance scope locates this 26-unit complex at 20 Mayflower Drive, Sanford, separate from Mayflower Place at 27 Mayflower Drive; this is a site address from an operational document, not a claim of a current vacancy. Its one- and two-bedroom apartments serve people age 55+, with some ADA-accessible units, an elevator, community room, secure storage, fire alarm and sprinkler system. The 2024 universal application offers The Maples as its own property choice; current rent and specific wait time are not published here. Sources: https://sanfordhousing.org/applicants/, https://sanfordhousing.org/program-projects/, https://sanfordhousing.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/SHA-universal-application_Nov2024.pdf, https://sanfordhousing.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/SHA-2026-Snow-Managment-Bid.pdf. Mayflower Place — SHA's projects page describes Mayflower Place as 35 one-bedroom, age-55+ independent-living homes, built in 2000 with tax-credit funds, owned by Sanford Housing Development Corp. and managed/maintained by SHA. It notes accessible units. SHA's 2026 site-maintenance scope places this 35-unit complex at 27 Mayflower Drive, Sanford, distinct from The Maples at number 20; the operational site address does not indicate availability. The 2024 universal application offers Mayflower as its own property choice, but gives no unit-specific rent or wait time. Sources: https://sanfordhousing.org/applicants/, https://sanfordhousing.org/program-projects/, https://sanfordhousing.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/SHA-universal-application_Nov2024.pdf, https://sanfordhousing.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/SHA-2026-Snow-Managment-Bid.pdf.