Maine Cooperative Development Partners

Find the Maine home that fits you — in two minutes.

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.

42New homes
$269k+Starting price
$10kIn assistance*
Built with Maine's affordable-housing partners
Home Sweet Maine at Keller Williams MaineHousing City of Portland POAH UHAB Genesis Community Loan Fund Centennial Mortgage Town & Country Federal Credit Union Backyard ADUs Penobscot General Contractors Kaplan Thompson Architects Acorn Engineering Aceto Kimball Landscape Architects Cushman Sixth Principle Coalition National Association of Housing Cooperatives
One door · every home

All of MCDP's housing, one simple path.

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 $268,800

Unit 101 — 1 bedroom, first floor, fully accessible

Under contract (contingent) as of Sept 2026 — backup interest welcome. Check my fit →

Available now $325,000

Unit 203 — 3 bedrooms, two levels

Finished and move-in ready. Household of 3–6, income at or under 100% AMI. Check my fit →

Co-op share

Lambert Woods Cooperative

North Deering · 1 & 2 BR open

$5,000 share Reserving now ($500) · move-in April 2027
Rent (apartments)

Lambert Woods North

North Deering · Studio–3 BR

Income-based rent Waitlist opens Oct/Nov · April 2027
Everything in one place

Your complete guide to owning here.

No more hunting across a dozen pages. Every answer — homes, cost, eligibility, the neighborhood, the process — is right here.

Completed Dougherty Commons condominiums
Reservations opening this fall · Phase 3

The Condos at Dougherty Commons.

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.

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1 Bedroom · 1 bath
$268,800
  • For 1–2-person households
  • Est. all-in ~$1,600–2,200/mo incl. utilities
  • $110/mo condo fee
  • Heat-pump heating & cooling
2 Bedroom · 1 bath
$295,000
  • For 2–4-person households
  • Est. all-in ~$1,800–2,500/mo incl. utilities
  • $185/mo condo fee
  • Heat-pump heating & cooling
3 Bedroom · 1.5 bath
$325,000
  • For 3–6-person households
  • Est. all-in ~$2,000–2,800/mo incl. utilities
  • $255/mo condo fee
  • Heat-pump heating & cooling
2026 maximum household income to qualify · Portland ME Metro · City of Portland. Phase 3 reserves homes at two income tiers.
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80% AMI homes
deeper-affordability units
$74,800$85,450$96,150$106,800$115,350$123,900
100% AMI homes
workforce units
$97,370$111,280$125,190$139,100$150,228$161,356

Pricing indicative, anchored to the completed Phase 2; final Phase 3 pricing set at reservation. Phase 3 also includes homes reserved for households at 80% AMI. Our match tool checks your household against these limits instantly.

See the homes

Real homes. Built to last.

Bright, all-electric, zero-energy-ready condos — precision-built as modular homes and finished on site.

Inside a finished Dougherty condo (unit 102)
Completed Dougherty Commons exterior
A finished home by builder Backyard ADUs
Modular boxes craned onto the foundation
About MCDP

Portland residents building permanently-affordable ownership.

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 families can own a home and stay. Home Sweet Maine builds the pre-sales engine that fills their pipeline.

Liz Trice
Liz Trice
Partner · community & public policy
Brian Eng
Brian Eng
Partner · finance & real estate
Matthew Peters
Matthew Peters
Partner · affordable-housing dev
All the programs · one clear path

Most families are surprised they qualify.

MaineHousing assistance, FHLB grants, income rules, pre-qualification — we handle the maze so you don't have to.

1

Match

A 2-minute questionnaire finds your best-fit home and the down-payment programs you may qualify for — MaineHousing, First Generation, FHLB.

2

Get ready

Free homebuyer education and a lender who knows this project guide you to a real pre-qualification, at your pace.

3

Reserve & close

Reserve your Phase 3 home, close with a title team that handles the paperwork, and get your keys in 2027.

Everything, in one place

All the paperwork — finally organized.

Public offering, floorplans & finishes, income forms, the application, assistance programs, and buyer info sessions — every document MCDP has, gathered into one clean library instead of scattered across a dozen pages.

Open the resource library →
Dougherty Commons sales flyer

Not sure where to start? Start here.

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 through MaineHousing's First Generation program, plus FHLB grants. Amounts vary by program and household.

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