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South Portland’s west end may get affordable housing

SOUTH PORTLAND — More affordable housing is being planned in the city’s west end with the help of a city-backed loan. A variety store owner is hoping to build a mixed-use building that would include some affordable housing on Westbrook Street, between the Redbank and Brickhill neighborhoods, by borrowing municipal funds. The City Council on

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Spotlight on Bayside Anchor

In 2015, Portland Housing Authority (PHA) completed its Strategic Vision Plan for all of its 1,000 units of public housing. PHA has various sites in Portland with under-utilized land and parking lots, and Bayside Anchor was just such a parking lot. Bayside Anchor created a unique partnership between Avesta Housing and the Portland Housing Authority that

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New apartments open in Portland

PORTLAND (WGME) — New apartments are opening in Portland’s bayside neighborhood. Developers hope the new complex will help ease the housing crisis in the city. The Bayside Anchor is officially open and plenty came out for the celebration Wednesday, including Portland’s Mayor Ethan Strimling. Portland Housing Authority and Avesta Housing were the co-developers on the

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Portland to unveil affordable, energy-efficient apartments

Officials will hold a grand opening celebration on Wednesday for Bayside Anchor, an energy-efficient, 45-unit affordable apartment building in Portland. The Portland Housing Authority and Avesta Housing partnered to build the apartments in the city’s East Bayside neighborhood. It includes nine market-rate units and 36 affordable units, which are rented to families earning between $23,000

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Spotlight on Huston Commons

Avesta Housing is proud to announce that it has completed the construction of 30 “Housing First” apartments for homeless individuals in Portland. As was the case at Logan Place and Florence House, our two prior housing first projects, Avesta is partnering with Preble Street for the provision of 24-hour, on-site support services. All 30 of the Huston

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Affordable housing units to be unveiled in Portland

Avesta Housing will open 45 new housing units, including 36 earmarked for buyers with a household income of $23,000 to $49,000. Bayside Anchor, built at a cost of $7.8 million at 81 E. Oxford St., will be a mixed-use passive-house building in the East Bayside neighborhood of Portland. Avesta, a Portland nonprofit with 2,000 apartments

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New Homes to Be Celebrated in Portland’s East Bayside Neighborhood

Portland, Maine — Portland Housing Authority and Avesta Housing will celebrate the grand opening of their recently completed development, Bayside Anchor, on Wednesday June 7 at 5:00 p.m. The program will include a performance by Portland-based Pihcintu Multicultural Choir and tours of apartments. Speakers at the event will be: Mayor Ethan Strimling, City of Portland;

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