With affordable housing hard to come by in Maine, it’s led some to get creative. Wednesday night, Avesta Housing cut the ribbon on new affordable apartments built in an old office building. The housing project is giving nearly 100 people an affordable place to live in the heart of downtown Portland. Click here to read
Avesta Housing will host a grand opening celebration of Deering Place, a new 75-unit affordable housing development in downtown Portland, at 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 22. The event is free and open to the public. The grand opening celebration will be held at 510 Cumberland Ave. and will feature guest speakers, refreshments, giveaways, and more.
Deering Place, Avesta Housing’s newest affordable housing development in Portland, has been named one of the top real estate developments in Maine by the Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA). The award was presented during MEREDA’s annual spring conference on May 24 at Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland and accepted by Avesta
Samuel Marhegane and Marthe Tshov searched for months for an apartment in Portland after arriving in Maine with their young daughter last November. The couple, who are asylum seekers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, applied to more than 20 places, but most of the time they wouldn’t hear back or were denied. Twice
SCARBOROUGH, Maine — Jeffrey Phillips lives by himself in a studio apartment at Southgate, an Avesta Housing affordable housing community in Scarborough. He suffers from a lower-back injury suffered while working at a dairy farm that limits his mobility. Everyday housekeeping tasks are difficult – and when housekeeping is difficult, it often doesn’t get done.
WESTBROOK, Maine — Despite 60-degree weather and brown grass, Westbrook students were trying to soak up the rest of what’s technically still “winter”. The Westbrook police department held its annual “Blizzard Bash” where there were games, crafts, pizza and more. There were supposed to be activities like snowshoeing, but despite the lack of snow it
Avesta Housing President and CEO Dana Totman and Board Member Peter Bass toured the Park Village neighborhood of Saco on March 2 with Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau and Rep. Lynn Copeland, Maine House District 14, as part of a tour and press conference promoting LD 2003, a new bill before the Maine legislature to
ProsperityME has been awarded the Avesta Housing Mike Yandell Award for its extraordinary work in the field of affordable housing. Named for the late Mike Yandell, a former Avesta Housing board chair and the former president of Gorham Savings Bank who is remembered for his commitment to improving the community, the award is presented annually
SOUTH PORTLAND — Maine is in the midst of a housing crisis, but some families in the greater Portland area now have a new place to call home. Last year, there were four subsidized apartment buildings being built in Portland and South Portland. Three of them are now open. “It’s 16 degrees out today,” Shay
Avesta Housing President & CEO Dana Totman recently gave a virtual presentation to the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce and guests as the featured presenter at the Chamber’s monthly Eggs & Issues event. Totman gave a brief overview of affordable housing in Maine, addressed the current affordable housing crisis in the state, and gave 10
Avesta Housing improves lives and strengthens communities by promoting and providing quality affordable homes for people in need.
Phone: 207-553-7777
Toll Free: 800-339-6516 (voice/TTY)
Info@AvestaHousing.org
Avesta Housing is a 501(c)3 organization founded in 1972 – © Copyright 2022 – Avesta Housing – All Rights Reserved
Design & Development by NORTHEAST MEDIA COLLECTIVE
