Please join us: Tuesday, May 1st at 2:00 p.m. Program begins at 2:15 p.m. followed by apartment tours Light refreshments will be served Program: Dana Totman, Avesta Housing President & CEO Mark Primeau, Yarmouth Senior Housing Board President Dan Brennan, MaineHousing Director Pat Thompson, Yarmouth Town Council Chair Bartlett Woods 31 Bartlett Circle Yarmouth, Maine

These 19 one and two bedroom apartment homes are located in a beautiful country setting with easy access to major highways, restaurants, shops, and services. HEAT, HOT WATER AND ELECTRICITY INCLUDED with rents starting at $616. Blackstone II features on-site laundry facilities, a community room, off-street parking, and resident service coordination. Residents of Blackstone II will

Each year the Maine Business Hall of Fame South recognizes individuals who have made a lasting impact on both our economy and our community. This year celebrates the careers of three remarkable contributors to Maine’s economy. The 2018 inductees to the Maine Business Hall of Fame South are: Shawn Gorman – Executive Chairman of the Board, L.L. Bean Dana

PORTLAND — Avesta Housing hopes to build 40 one-bedroom apartments for people age 55 and older at the corner of Brighton Avenue and Wessex Street. “It has been too many years since senior housing has been built (in Portland),” Avesta Development Officer Greg Payne said Feb. 9. The new housing would be built on the

Lobster traps, buoys, barrels and industrial buildings dot Portland’s Union Wharf, owned by the Poole family for more than two centuries. Brothers Charlie and Malcolm Poole lease space to 25 tenants and 15 boats that tie up on the pier, all part of Portland’s prized working waterfront. As they seek new tenants and income sources,

Applications for affordable housing to Avesta Housing, the largest nonprofit affordable housing provider in northern New England, have gone up by 24% since 2014, but the availability of housing for low-income renters has gone down, the organization said Thursday. The company’s 2017 Affordable Housing Activity report shows a widening gap between how many families have

 In President Trump’s State of the Union speech Tuesday night, he emphasized the need to invest in the workforce: “….and let’s support working families by supporting paid family leave,” the president said. Paid maternity leave is an idea that’s been around for decades, but currently only a third of employers offer the benefit. Proposals at

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