New Data from Avesta Housing Reveals Large and Growing Unmet Affordable Housing Needs Portland, Maine – Avesta Housing, the largest nonprofit affordable housing provider in northern New England, has released a report documenting the growing unmet housing needs it has encountered between 2014 and 2017. New applications for Avesta’s affordable homes rose by 24% over

Portland-based nonprofit Avesta Housing announced Wednesday it has added paid parental leave to its employee benefits package, effective Jan. 1. The parental leave allows for eight weeks of leave at 100% pay for birth mothers and four weeks of leave at 100% pay for all other parents. The policy includes paid leave time for women

Nonprofit Avesta Housing Introduces Paid Parental Leave as Employee Benefit Portland, MAINE — Portland-based nonprofit Avesta Housing announces the addition of paid parental leave to its employee benefits package, effective January 1, 2018. The parental leave allows for eight weeks of leave at 100% pay for birth mothers and four weeks of leave at 100%

On paper, the 64-apartment mixed-use development planned for South Portland’s Westbrook Street looks simply like a response to the need for affordable apartments in the city. But the development, a partnership between Avesta Housing and Portland businessman Quang Nguyen, is also a key player in the city’s effort to make a loose group of large