New Data from Avesta Housing Reveals Large and Growing Unmet Affordable Housing Needs Portland, Maine – Avesta Housing, the largest nonprofit affordable housing provider in northern New England, has released a report documenting the growing

Portland-based nonprofit Avesta Housing announced Wednesday it has added paid parental leave to its employee benefits package, effective Jan. 1. The parental leave allows for eight weeks of leave at 100% pay for birth mothers

Nonprofit Avesta Housing Introduces Paid Parental Leave as Employee Benefit Portland, MAINE — Portland-based nonprofit Avesta Housing announces the addition of paid parental leave to its employee benefits package, effective January 1, 2018. The parental

On paper, the 64-apartment mixed-use development planned for South Portland’s Westbrook Street looks simply like a response to the need for affordable apartments in the city. But the development, a partnership between Avesta Housing and

SOUTH PORTLAND — A $13 million, 64-unit mixed-income housing project approved for Westbrook Street could be on track to have tenants move in by September 2019.The Planning Board Tuesday night unanimously approved the final plan

A provision in the House Republican tax reform bill could eliminate funding for hundreds of new low-income apartments and home loans in Maine, and might substantially increase construction costs for hospitals, colleges and other institutions.

PORTLAND — Avesta Housing’s plan to add 80 housing units in Parkside will face a Wednesday, Dec. 13, hearing before the Planning Board.Deering Place would consist of 27 apartments at 61 Deering St., plus 33

Demand for affordable housing in southern Maine greatly exceeds the available supply, according to Avesta Housing’s affordable housing activity report for the first three quarters of 2017.Avesta Housing, a Portland-based nonprofit that has more than