Homeless to Housing caseworker Lorrie Ferrari helps Richard, a resident at Thomas Heights in Portland, transport donated bed frames to his apartment. Richard had been sleeping on a mattress on the floor. One of the many services Avesta Housing provides its residents is helping those who were homeless transition to permanent housing. Along with Housing
Federal awards worth $11 million will help two dozen New Hampshire towns, organizations, and community groups expand housing, invest in green energy, and increase recreation opportunities. The Northern Border Regional Commission, a federal-state partnership for economic and community development in New Hampshire, northern Maine, Vermont, and New York, distributed $43.6 million in awards across those states.
In 2020, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a program offering grants of $30 million each to cities to develop affordable housing. Lewiston was the smallest city to receive such a grant. On Monday, July 24, Lewiston Housing and elected officials at all levels broke ground on the first of the Choice
LEWISTON — Local, state and federal leaders are celebrating the groundbreaking of a new affordable housing development in Lewiston. “Wedgewood” is the first development to be built in Lewiston using funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Choice Neighborhoods grant program. Click here to read the full article
LEWISTON — Local officials said Monday’s groundbreaking at the historic “Wedgewood” house was a decade in the making. The sprawling, 82-unit development in nine buildings is considered the first phase of the city’s Choice Neighborhoods initiative, and it was celebrated Monday with a large gathering that included appearances by federal, state and local officials. Many
LEWISTON, Maine — Lewiston’s next, large affordable housing project is underway – a partnership among federal, state, and local governments and the private sector. Governor Janet Mills, along with Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, attended the groundbreaking for Wedgewood on Monday. There will be nine apartment buildings — eight new ones and one old
LEWISTON, Maine — Construction started Monday on an 82-unit housing project in Lewiston. Half of the units will be new homes for low-income renters who currently live in housing that is deemed unsafe, according to Lewiston city leaders. The other half of the units will be on an application basis, according to city staff. The
Avesta Housing and Preble Street applaud the signing today of the budget package by Maine Gov. Janet Mills and its inclusion of funding to support the creation of more site-based Housing First programs across Maine. This funding will support the creation of 12 to 15 Site-based Housing First programs in communities across Maine and will
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
The walls of Laura’s apartment at Florence House are decorated with handmade posters adorned with words of inspiration: “Embrace the day” “Give without expecting” “Some things are worth the wait” Looking at them, she smiles and shakes her head as she remembers the journey that brought her here. “It’s amazing how much I’ve grown compared
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