Norway Saving Bank has donated $20,000 towards a $3.1 million Avesta Housing initiative to turn a former school in downtown Paris into affordable housing.The former Mildred M. Fox School will be converted in senior affordable housing with 12 studio and one-bedroom apartments. Built in 1883 and expanded in 1940, the elementary school operated until 2008

Funding for six multi-family affordable rental housing developments, which will produce or preserve 166 units of general occupancy, age-restricted and special needs housing around the state, was recently approved by the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority Board of Directors. The housing units are in Claremont, Hampton Falls, Laconia, Lebanon, Plaistow and Rochester. NHHFA funding allocations

The Portland City Council voted Monday night to approve tax breaks and consider funding awards for multiple senior and low-income housing projects, which could create more than 270 new apartments if all are built. Those units would be a significant addition in the midst of a housing shortage in Maine’s largest city. Some would be

PORTLAND — It took two meetings in one night to clear out City Council business Monday. Part of the result was more municipal support for affordable housing. Councilors also set dates for hearings and votes on two potential changes to the City Charter. In holding both July meetings on one night, councilors met for about