Portland, MAINE — Avesta Housing has released its Affordable Housing Activity Report for the first three quarters of 2017.
Key findings:
- Only 9% of households seeking affordable housing find housing with Avesta due to very high demand relative to vacancies
- 2,077 households were on Avesta’s wait list for affordable housing at the end of September 2017
The monthly requests for affordable housing that Avesta receives have increased nearly 30% since 2014.
The entire Affordable Housing Activity Report can be found on Avesta’s website, in the Our News and Statistics section. The Affordable Housing Activity Report is a tool Avesta developed to provide key information about the local demand for affordable homes. Avesta tracks this data in a comprehensive way to better understand the region’s housing needs and the best ways to address them.
