Avesta Housing Awards First Educational Scholarships PORTLAND, MAINE — Nonprofit affordable housing provider Avesta Housing recently announced two winners of its first ever educational scholarship. Dina Malual and Pamela Muzika each received $1,000 toward their tuition expenses at Emmanuel College and Babson College respectively. Malual and Muzika were among numerous applicants for the scholarship, and

Avesta Housing and the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce announced on Friday their opposition to Portland’s Question 2, a citizens’ initiative on the city’s Nov. 7 ballot that would allow a zoning change to be blocked if 25% of voters who live within 500 feet of a zoning change file written objections. The referendum question,

Opponents of Portland’s ballot measure to limit rent increases, known as Question 1, have argued that the way it would alter the eviction process for many landlords and tenants in the city would violate state law. Attorneys who specialize in landlord-tenant issues in Maine disagree on the extent to which the proposed ordinance would conflict

Study shows that Question 2 would severely limit growth, jobs, and affordable housing in Portland Avesta Housing and the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce reviewed recent and current development projects and, based on future projections, determined that if voters pass Portland’s Question 2 on November 7, it would have a serious and negative impact on

Leaders of several affordable housing groups say they’re concerned that a proposal to limit rents and protect renters in Portland will worsen problems that low-income renters face. Say No to Rent Control, which is opposing Question 1 on the Nov. 7 city ballot, released statements Wednesday from leaders of Avesta Housing, Community Housing of Maine,

The basic premise of Housing First is simple. If someone is experiencing chronic homelessness – meaning they are continuously homeless for a year or more,or have had four or more episodes of homelessness in three years — they are provided housing first and then given the support they need to work on other issues they

Portland needs to address its affordable-housing crisis with policies that would encourage new construction and help renters who are priced out of the market. If such a policy were on the ballot this year, we would support it, but unfortunately, that is not the case. We urge Portland voters to say “no” to Question 1

PORTLAND — Question 2 on the city’s Nov. 7 ballot is seen as either providing a voice for people left out of the planning process, or a way to ensure no progress will ever be made in moving the city forward. “A yes vote costs you nothing, a no vote could cost you your neighborhood,”

After almost a decade of red-hot growth, rents in Portland may have reached a plateau. But it’s a high plateau, and one group is trying to put a lid on it with a proposed ballot item to limit rent hikes and create a tenant-dominated oversight board. The measure faces opposition from a well-financed campaign by

Carleton Street is a new community comprised of 37 studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartment homes located in the beautiful historic West End of Portland. Residents will enjoy easy access to restaurants, shops, and services. HEAT AND HOT WATER ARE INCLUDED with rents starting at $575. Carleton Street features on-site laundry facilities, a community room, limited off-street