PORTLAND, ME — Avesta Housing, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Portland, Maine, was recently named as one of the 2018 Best Places to Work in Maine. The awards program was created in 2006 and is a project of the Society for Human Resource Management – Maine State Council (MESHRM) and Best Companies Group. Partners endorsing

Greg Payne knew he wasn’t going to make any headway as soon as the governor’s fist hit the table.Payne, who works for Avesta Housing and heads the Maine Affordable Housing Coalition, met with Gov. Paul LePage in January 2017. He hoped to persuade LePage to finally authorize the sale of $15 million in senior housing

Councilors will also allocate a mix of federal and Housing Trust funds to help pay for affordable housing at 977 Brighton Ave., 178 Kennebec St., and the Portland Housing Authority’s complex on Front Street in East Deering. Councilors will be asked to vote on using $370,000 of Home Investment Partnerships Program funds from the U.S.

Each year, Avesta honors staff members who have best personified each of our Core Values. Avesta Housing’s annual Core Value Awards were presented at our recent All-Staff Day. There was one award for each of our Core Values: Humanity: We care about people Stewardship: We manage our resources responsibly, efficiently and sustainably Relationships: We seek

PORTLAND — Available city funding for affordable housing is approaching an all-time high.But the good fortune may be fleeting as city officials look for ways to consistently capitalize the Housing Trust Fund at a time when an important component — fees paid by housing developers — are slowing. “We leveraged 200 units with $1.2 million;

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

PORTLAND — More than 100 people celebrated the comforts of home June 27 at the grand opening of Avesta Housing’s new apartment building at 17 Carleton St. But no one celebrated more than Alan Lewis. “I love my apartment big-time,” Lewis said during the ceremony behind the 37-unit West End building. Lewis was one of