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Avesta launches $2M fundraising campaign to support senior housing
Avesta Housing has launched a $2 million fundraising program to support the affordable housing needs of older adults. “The number of applicants on wait lists for our affordable senior properties is staggering, especially relative to
Press Release: Avesta Housing Launches Fundraising Program to Support Older Adults in Need
For Immediate Release November 15, 2019 Contact: Sara Olson, Director of Development & Communications Cell: 207-317-3914 | Email: SOlson@AvestaHousing.org Avesta Housing Launches Fundraising Program to Support Older Adults in Need Portland, Maine — Nonprofit
New Lewiston housing project at Blake and Pine streets is a go
The Lewiston Planning Board unanimously approved the development review and subdivision plan for 35 apartment units at 111 Blake St. and 82 Pine St. at its meeting last week, according to City Planner Doug Greene.
Historic Scarborough property converted into affordable homes
SCARBOROUGH — A victory for historic preservation, the Southgate Farm in Scarborough, built in 1805, has been converted into 38 new and affordable homes. Avesta Housing, a nonprofit developer and owner of the property, celebrated
Centuries-old Scarborough farmhouse converted into affordable housing
SCARBOROUGH — Avesta Housing celebrated the opening of its Southgate Farm residence Oct. 23, completing a five-year effort to add 38 affordable living units to the town’s tight housing market. “We know from our work
Avesta celebrates opening of Scarborough housing development
Avesta Housing on Wednesday celebrated the opening of its Southgate Farm residence on U.S. Route 1 in Scarborough. The conversion of the 214-year-old farmhouse, and an addition built by Avesta, adds 38 housing units to a
Little snappers hatch at Fox
PARIS — The lawn of Fox Apartments, owned and operated by Avesta Housing, was full of new life Friday, Sept. 20, as freshly hatched snapping turtles emerged from their nests and began a quest to
LIHTC Financing to Help Redevelop Maine Property
Boston Capital is investing in the preservation and redevelopment of Deering Place, a 75-unit mixed-income development for families and individuals in Portland, Maine. The latest project by Portland-based nonprofit Avesta Housing, Deering Place will serve
South Portland to expand affordable housing 10% by 2025
SOUTH PORTLAND — Officials are contemplating increasing the city’s lower- and middle-income housing stock by 10% within six years. According to the Greater Portland Council of Governments, the number and location of households in the