The Portland planning board has approved nearly 100 new apartments, including units intended to serve chronically unhoused people, in the city’s Bayside neighborhood. The project, developed by Avesta Housing and Reveler Development, will have 28 Housing First units at the site of the city’s former Oxford Street shelter. And it will offer both housing and
Avesta Housing’s River Turn project is one of the recipients of a Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (FHLBank Boston) Affordable Housing Program, which recently awarded a total of $52.5 million in grants, loans and interest-rate subsidies through to support 40 affordable housing initiatives in New England and beyond. These projects will create or preserve
Avesta Housing is receiving a $200,000 donation from Gorham Savings Bank to address Maine’s housing crisis. The bank is giving the money to aid in the development of energy-efficient affordable homes and support services for homeless people, Avesta Housing said in a prepared statement. Click here to read the full article
M&T Bank has donated $45,000 to Avesta Housing’s Homeless to Housing program to help formerly homeless residents maintain housing stability in their new homes. Provided by Avesta Housing in partnership with Maine Behavioral Healthcare, Homeless to Housing assists previously homeless residents as they transition to permanent housing across the Avesta property portfolio. Services include connections
CONWAY — Avesta Housing’s River Turn II project is one of the recipients of a Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (FHLBank Boston) Affordable Housing Program, which recently awarded a total of $52.5 million in grants, loans and interest-rate subsidies through to support 40 affordable housing initiatives in New England and beyond. These projects will
Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston has earmarked $23.5 million for the development or preservation of 456 units of rental housing in Maine, it said this week. The funding will go toward Augusta, Bath, Biddeford, Kennebunk, Kittery, Lewiston, Portland, Scarborough and South Portland. The grants and loans will be used to help pay construction, acquisition or
A new program offered by Avesta Housing’s HomeOwnership Center received a $50,000 donation from Bangor Savings Bank, designated to help people with moderate incomes purchase their first homes and achieve housing stability. Avesta’s program, A Path Forward: Homeownership for ME, aims to create a pathway to homeownership for Maine residents who have been priced out
The three-bedroom, one-bath condominium on Collyer Brook Road in Gray is a bit of a fixer-upper. The driveway is crumbling, with large chunks of pavement missing entirely. The front steps are rotted, the privacy fence in the backyard is toppled and until a few weeks ago, there was mold and water damage in the basement.
Tackling the affordable housing shortage requires a myriad of creative solutions. Building new affordable homes is essential, but multi-family developments can take years to complete. Meanwhile, thousands of houses in Maine sit vacant due to abandonment, foreclosure, or other reasons. A new program administered by the Avesta Housing Homeownership + Financial Counseling department is an
U.S. Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) with Avesta Housing senior leadership staff at Porter Station in Portland, Maine, on Nov. 1. L-R: President & CEO Rebecca Hatfield, Resident Services Manager Nick Kjeldgaard, Sen. Angus King, Director of Real Estate Development Patrick Hess, HomeOwnership Center Director Nicole DiGeronimo, Senior Vice President of Finance & Administration Eric Boucher
