HAMPTON FALLS, NH — Construction has begun for the Meadows at Grapevine Run, an affordable senior housing development in Hampton Falls by Avesta Housing, and will be available to rent next summer 2017. With financing help from Meredith Village Savings Bank (MVSB), the Meadows at Grapevine Run will offer 24 units of affordable, one-bedroom senior

WASHINGTON, DC — Fifteen nonprofit community development organizations were recognized today for their excellence in sustainable business and housing practices that are designed to save people money by NeighborWorks America. To date, 95 network members have earned the NeighborWorks Green Organization designation. This is the fifth year of the NeighborWorks Green Organization program, which recognizes

SEARSMONT — What’s coming off the assembly line at Ecocor looks a bit like a really fat, firm box spring, 18 inches thick, swathed in high performance fabrics, framed with wood, so solid that even the princess couldn’t feel a pea through it. But these are building panels, walls for prefabricated homes, very different from

Much-needed affordable housing for seniors has opened in the rural community of Gorham, Maine, in the southern part of the state. Ridgewood at Village Square, developed by Portland, Maine-based Avesta Housing, provides 24 one- and two-bedroom apartments targeted to senior households at or below 60% of the area median income. This project enhances the developer’s

A year ago, Maine voters overwhelmingly approved a $15 million bond to help pay for construction of low-income housing for Maine seniors. One year later, a growing number of Maine seniors are on waiting lists for affordable housing as Gov. Paul LePage refuses to authorize the bond’s sale. With LePage refusing to budge, backers of