Ryan Fecteau, former speaker of the Maine House of Representatives and a longtime advocate for affordable housing, has joined Portland-based Avesta Housing as a policy adviser. At Avesta, New England’s largest provider of affordable housing, Fecteau will serve as senior officer of policy and planning, a newly created role. As a member of Avesta’s real estate
Avesta Housing recently received several grants to help us provide our residents with safe, quality, affordable housing and services. We are deeply thankful for their support. Bank of America Charitable Foundation: $30,000 to support the Avesta HomeOwnership Center’s (HOC) homebuyer education classes and financial stability counseling. TD Charitable Foundation: $20,000 to support Avesta’s Homeless to
Rain Daugherty is the new homeownership counselor for the Avesta HomeOwnership Center, a HUD-certified agency that provides financial, foreclosure prevention, and first-time homebuying counseling services to Avesta Housing residents and the public. Rain’s primary role is to lead group educational workshops for first-time homebuyers who are purchasing single-family homes and landlord workshops for first-time homebuyers
PORTLAND, Maine — Avesta Housing, the largest nonprofit affordable housing provider in northern New England, has hired former speaker of the Maine House of Representatives Ryan Fecteau for a newly formed role of senior officer of policy and planning. As a member of Avesta’s real estate development team, he will support Avesta’s organizational advocacy efforts
PORTLAND, Maine — Avesta Housing, the largest nonprofit affordable housing provider in northern New England, is proud to announce that Jim Hanley has been appointed to the Avesta Housing Board of Directors for a three-year term effective Nov. 1. Since 2021, Hanley has been president of The Wishcamper Companies Inc., a housing developer and renewable
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Ground was broken Tuesday on a 186-unit apartment complex at 35 Seavey St. in Westbrook. The first phase, Seavey Terraces, will have 65 units with a majority of workforce housing and some market-rate units. Developer New Ventures is partnering with the nonprofit Avesta Housing to construct the Maple Grove development on 3 1/4 acre site.
WESTBROOK (WGME) –- As the housing crisis continues, more units are going up in Maine. Tuesday morning, New Ventures with Avesta Housing hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a new housing community in Westbrook. The Maple Grove housing development will be a mixed-income community for adults aged 55 and older. Maple Grove is expected to have
WESTBROOK, Maine — A new development in Westbrook is looking to put a dent in the city’s housing needs as the housing crisis in the state deepens. A study estimates the state needs to come up with nearly 80,000 homes by 2030. New Ventures LLC and Avesta Housing are partnering to build a 186-unit mixed-income housing community
A unique workforce housing complex in Westbrook is underway, which will add 186 units to Maine’s overstressed housing market. Now, residents like police officers, teachers and nurses — who earn between $50,000 and $70,000 annually — can qualify for workforce housing. Residents who meet that criteria are in a tough spot. They can’t afford to
