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Westbrook breaks ground on revolutionary workforce housing project

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

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More than 150 Avesta homes on schedule to open this year

Our real estate development is going full throttle, with several properties expected to be completed this fall and several more in the design or construction phases. Porter Station in Portland and the first phase of River Turn in Conway, N.H., are both 80% complete and are expected to be finished in October. At Porter Station,

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Avesta Housing awards 2023 educational scholarships

Avesta Housing, the largest nonprofit affordable housing provider in northern New England, has named the recipients of its 2023 educational scholarships. The $1,000 scholarships are awarded annually to Avesta Housing residents who are enrolling in a post-secondary education program — such as college, graduate school, trade school or certificate program — in the next 12

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‘We’re not going to stop’: Portland struts its LGBTQ+ Pride

Standing in Monument Square among a soggy but enthusiastic crowd that was ready to march in the Pride Portland parade Saturday, Michael Patterson wore a rainbow tutu, rainbow socks and a big smile under his umbrella. Patterson took in the turnout. Despite a constant rain, there were thousands of people who attended, comparable to last

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Former hotel shelter resident rounds a corner

Two years ago, Shelley Williams was living at the Comfort Inn in Scarborough, which operated as a temporary homeless shelter during the pandemic. After being on a waiting list for more than a year, Williams now has an apartment at Avesta Housing’s Wessex Woods in Portland. She is a success story, said Lauren Dembski-Martin, social services navigator

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Housing-first strategy ties stable residences with social services

Dawn Wade knows her place is cluttered, with knickknacks, plants, food containers and artwork covering almost every square inch of her studio apartment in Portland. But it’s hers, something that seemed far out of reach when she was homeless six years ago. “This is home to me. It’s a community here. I don’t know where

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Waitlists grow as developers plan, build and fill affordable housing

John Welch was homeless for nine months before moving into Hillside at Village Square, a 27-unit subsidized apartment building in Gorham that Avesta Housing opened in January. It was a rough period. A breakup left the disabled former construction worker struggling to find an apartment in a tight housing market made worse by the COVID-19

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