Hamilton Station

Affordable rental housing on Mount Desert Island

YWCA has been in the

housing business for more

than 120 years.

We were founded to offer safe, affordable housing for women. For years, as Bar Harbor’s housing crisis has grown, people have talked about the problem. We decided to act. As part of our mission to strengthen communities, we’re building affordable rental apartments for people who work on Mount Desert Island.

Hamilton Station is part

of the solution

It isn’t easy to build affordable housing on MDI. But we have the driving vision, team capacity, and community support to make it a reality.

We’ve designed an affordable rental housing project that addresses the unique needs of Bar Harbor and MDI. We have wide community support. We have full approval from the town planning board. And we have an expert team with direct experience.

Hamilton Station will have 18 studio apartments for renters who work on MDI and whose income doesn’t exceed 80% AMI. The building will include some non-residential space: a public lounge, laundry facility, and storage. The studios offer single-level living and an elevator to reach second-story units.

Every community has different housing gaps and needs. As numerous studies and plans attest, Bar Harbor has an acute need for affordable, small-scale rentals. We designed Hamilton Station to help address that need.