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Shaheen Tours Affordable Housing Development in Conway to Discuss Construction Progress and Energy Codes

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) toured the affordable housing development at Avesta’s River Turn Apartments complex to discuss their progress delivering affordable housing to Mount Washington Valley. Avesta’s apartments are built beyond the 2021 building energy codes, lowering residents’ utility bills while maintaining a safe temperature in their home. Avesta broke ground on the first

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June 26, 2024

Project would mix housing-first, affordable and market-rate apartments in Portland’s Bayside

A local developer planning to create specialized housing for chronically homeless people in the city’s Bayside neighborhood is collaborating with another developer who would build affordable and market-rate apartments as part of the same project, for a total of 123 units. The proposed project, a collaboration between Avesta Housing and Reveler Development, would total three

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June 26, 2024

Avesta Housing officially opens Firehouse Village 55-plus housing site

Avesta Housing, the largest nonprofit affordable housing provider in northern New England, held a grand opening for Village Commons, which includes 31 affordable homes in Scarborough for adults 55-years-old or older. The housing complex is part of Firehouse Village, a 2.6-acre development on the site of the town’s former public safety campus in the Oak Hill

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June 26, 2024

Avesta Housing celebrates grand opening of Village Commons

PHOTO: Dawn Pendergrass hugs Avesta President & CEO Rebecca Hatfield following Pendergrass’ speech at the grand opening celebration of Village Commons in Scarborough on June 18. Pendergrass spoke about how Avesta helped her father with an affordable home at Village Commons after he lost his life savings in an internet scam. SCARBOROUGH, Maine — Avesta

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June 25, 2024

Avesta presents Mission Champion Award to Kennebunk Savings

PHOTO: Avesta Housing presents its Mission Champion Award to Kennebunk Savings. L-R: Douglas Stockbridge, board member, Avesta Housing Board of Directors and vice chair, Kennebunk Savings Board of Directors; Rebecca Hatfield, Avesta Housing president and CEO; Bradford C. Paige, CEO, Kennebunk Savings; Liz Torrance, vice president and social responsibility manager, Kennebunk Savings; Dennis Byrd, senior

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June 17, 2024

Unity Gardens resident celebrates 100th birthday

Barbara Tolman and her daughter, Laurel Parker Unity Gardens, Avesta Housing’s affordable housing community for ages 62 and older in Windham, can now count a centenarian among its residents! Barbara Tolman celebrated her 100th birthday on May 10 with her daughter, Laurel, and fellow residents with a party in the community room, followed by a

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May 30, 2024

Avesta to unveil $7M affordable housing development in Scarborough

Avesta Housing is ready to unveil Village Commons, a $6.97 million affordable housing development at 246 U.S. Route 1 in Scarborough. The three-story, 23,750-square-foot building has 31 studio and one-bedroom apartments for people age 55 or older. The energy-efficient design includes solar panels, and there are amenities such as laundry facilities, on-site parking and a community

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May 23, 2024