One simple front door to every MCDP home — to buy, to co-own, or to rent. Answer a few questions and we'll show you exactly where you fit and what to do next.
Please know before you sign up
These are new homes being built now. None are ready to move into today.
Need a home in the next few months? Call 211 or visit 211maine.org. You can still sign up, and we will contact you when homes are ready.
À savoir avant de vous inscrire : ce sont de nouveaux logements en construction. Aucun n'est prêt pour emménager aujourd'hui.
Besoin d'un logement dans les prochains mois ? Appelez le 211 ou visitez 211maine.org. Vous pouvez quand même vous inscrire, et nous vous contacterons quand les logements seront prêts.
Buying, co-owning, or renting; Libbytown or North Deering; ready now or in 2027 — the match tool sends every person to the right home, and keeps everyone who's a fit for a future one.
Under contract, closing November 2026. Phase 3 adds more three-bedrooms. Check my fit →
Libbytown · 1–3 BR
North Deering · 1 & 2 BR open
North Deering · 72 apartments · up to 60% AMI
No more hunting across a dozen pages. Every answer — homes, cost, eligibility, the neighborhood, the process — is right here.
1, 2 & 3-bedroom condos — real floorplans, finishes, and pricing.
Explore → 📊MCDP's real cost comparison — what you'd pay and the estimated financial benefit.
Compare → 🧮A live calculator — check eligibility and your monthly cost in seconds, no sign-up.
Try it → ✅A 2-minute match that finds your best-fit home, lenders, and next steps.
Start → 📍Libbytown and North Deering: parks, bus lines, groceries and trails nearby.
See what's nearby → 🗺️Seven clear steps from interested to keys, with help at each one.
Walk through it → 🏦Who to call, and the assistance that can get you in for very little cash.
Find a lender → ❓Searchable answers on eligibility, cost, the homes, and the process.
Get answers → 🤝Don't fit a mortgage? A $5,000 share is another way to own.
Learn more → 🏛️The team, the mission, and the Dougherty Commons story, 2019 to today.
Meet them → 📰Construction milestones, neighborhood wins, and press coverage.
Read the latest → 📚Plain-English guides on the process, assistance, and how these homes are built.
Start learning →
42 brand-new, DOE Zero Energy Ready · all-electric heat pumps condominiums at 32, 38, 44 & 51 Dougherty Court, Portland, ME — priced for households at 80–100% of Area Median Income. Next to Dougherty Fields, on five Metro lines, steps from the train.
Check my eligibility →| Household size | 1 person | 2 people | 3 people | 4 people | 5 people | 6 people |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80% AMI homes deeper-affordability units | $74,800 | $85,450 | $96,150 | $106,800 | $115,350 | $123,900 |
| 100% AMI homes workforce units | $97,400 | $111,300 | $125,200 | $139,100 | $150,250 | $161,400 |
Source: City of Portland, 2026.
Estimated prices, pending our final Phase 3 budget. Our match tool checks your household against these limits instantly. Maximum income limits will likely go up slightly in April of 2027; incomes are checked only at purchase and sale.
New 1- and 2-bedroom homes at 2259 & 2265 Washington Ave Ext in North Deering. Buy a $5,000 share instead of taking out a mortgage, then pay one monthly charge with heat, electricity, water and trash included. No credit score requirement. Move-in planned for June 2027.
See the homes and reserve →
Bright, all-electric, zero-energy-ready condos — precision-built as modular homes and finished on site.
Maine Cooperative Development Partners — Brian Eng, Liz Trice, and Matthew Peters — is a Portland firm founded in 2020, pioneering limited-equity co-ops and price-restricted condos so working people can own a home and stay. Home Sweet Maine builds the pre-sales engine that fills their pipeline.
MaineHousing assistance, FHLB grants, income rules, pre-qualification — we handle the maze so you don't have to.
A 2-minute questionnaire finds your best-fit home and the down-payment programs you may qualify for — MaineHousing, First Generation, FHLB.
Free homebuyer education and a lender who knows this project guide you to a real pre-qualification, at your pace.
Reserve your Phase 3 home, close with a title team that handles the paperwork, and get your keys (estimated April 2028).
Public offering, floorplans & finishes, income forms, the application, assistance programs, and buyer info sessions — Key documents in one place. Phase 3 documents will be posted before reservations open.
Open the resource library →
Tell us a little about your household. We'll tell you which home fits and what's possible — no pressure, no cost.
Find my housing match →*Eligible buyers have received up to $10,000 in down-payment assistance from MaineHousing; some may also qualify for FHLB grants. Amounts vary by program and household.
