As is often the case with worthy ventures, Healthy Homeworks was not planned, but emerged spontaneously. In January 2016, Amy Smith of Portland was interested in investing in affordable housing in downtown Lewiston. The research

Portland is on the map, nationally and internationally, as a great place to live, says Vitalius Real Estate Group principal Brit Vitalius. That’s resulted in the new-housing boom but also tightens up residential availability nearly

Maine Medical Center and Preble Street have joined forces to ensure the most vulnerable underserved people in Portland have access to quality, barrier-free health care. The MMC-Preble Street Learning Collaborative seeks to help fill the

Last fall, I had to take the car keys away from an elderly relative who lives alone. This intervention should have happened much earlier, but when the day came it was one of the more

They trekked through snowy fields and wooded areas, along icy roads and railroad tracks, up slippery embankments and down slushy paths. Six teams of volunteers and social service workers fanned out across Portland on Wednesday

It can’t be said enough that New York’s homelessness crisis is complicated. In a city where people are squeezed beyond their means by rising rents, just one of any number of additional stresses — a

Five New Hampshire housing initiatives have been awarded nearly $5.5 million in grants, loans and interest-rate subsidies through the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston’s 2016 Affordable Housing Program. All told, the bank announced that

Plans to create nearly 400 new units of affordable housing in Maine will move ahead after receiving crucial financial support from a federal bank this week. The Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston will play