MaineHousing's First Generation Homebuyer Education Classes

Maine State Housing Authority (MaineHousing) is an independent quasi-state agency. The mission of MaineHousing is to assist Maine people in obtaining and maintaining quality affordable housing and services suitable to their housing needs.

MaineHousing's First Generation Homebuyer Program is a mortgage program for borrowers who have never lived in a home owned by their biological parents or legal guardians. The program is also available to borrowers who have been in foster care at some point in their childhood.

MaineHousing is seeking qualified agencies to provide education classes to meet the financial literacy and/or homebuyer educational requirements, including home financing, the home purchase process, and home maintenance for applicants of the First Generation Homebuyer Program.

Providers must be able to offer translation services for class content and post-class counseling for those students with English as their second language, and must be able to evaluate and instruct students at their level of understanding and adapt their instruction methodology with sensitivity for national, cultural and/or religious diversity.

At a minimum, MaineHousing's expectation is to select an Applicant to provide the following:

• Financial Literacy Classes offered in a variety of languages
• Hands on Homebuyer Education Classes offered in a variety of languages
• One-on-One support counseling sessions as follow up to class

**Population to be served:** First time homebuyers across the state who have a goal of homeownership in the future. These clients must meet one of the following:

• Borrower has never lived in a home owned by their biological parent or legal guardian during the borrower's lifetime, or
• Borrower is an individual who was in foster care at some point during their childhood.

**Term of contract:** Any contract awarded pursuant to this RFP will be for a term beginning as early as feasible after the award of the contract for a minimum of three(3) years from the contract date. MaineHousing has the sole discretion to extend the contract for up to two (2) additional one (1) year terms.

**Submission:** All Applicants must submit the following:

• *Applicant Information Sheet* in Appendix A.
• *Applicant Certification Form* in Appendix B. This is a **mandatory** requirement.
• Scope of Work and Fee Proposal as Appendix C.

All applications must be submitted **electronically** to Patricia Harriman, no later than **5:00PM ET on November 23, 2026**. Please include in the subject line of the email "First Generation Homebuyer Education Classes".

**Selection:** No formal scoring of applications will be done. Submissions will be reviewed and evaluated by MaineHousing based on its assessment of each Applicant's capacity to meet the Scope of Services outlined herein. Upon such review, MaineHousing may schedule interviews with select Applicants.