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State hopes new resources will help ease Maine housing crisis
PORTLAND (WGME) – The push for new housing in Maine continues, as housing groups and developers are chipping away at the state’s desperate shortage of available and affordable housing. Avesta Housing celebrated the opening of
Affordable housing development opens in Portland at site of former train station
Avesta Housing says the apartments at Porter Station range in size from efficiencies to three-bedroom units. Click here to view the news report
Affordable housing units on Valley Street unveiled in Portland
PORTLAND, Maine — Porter Station is a five-story new build located at 200 Valley Street in Portland. The street runs parallel to Saint John Street. Residents moved in months ago, but Thursday they celebrated the
Avesta Housing will unveil Porter Station, with 60 affordable rental homes
Avesta Housing, the largest nonprofit affordable housing provider in northern New England, will unveil its latest development today. Porter Station, at 200 Valley St. in Portland, has 60 affordable rental homes. The $22 million project
Avesta opens 60 new units in downtown Portland
PORTLAND (WGME) — Avesta Housing showed off 60 new affordable units in Portland’s St. John’s Valley neighborhood this week. The downtown development is Porter Station and is currently full. This is the latest affordable housing
Avesta resident pays it forward by helping others
Mariam arrived in Maine from Djibouti with her four children with no money, no job, and nowhere to stay. She was literally starting over again from scratch. They stayed in a Portland shelter and then
Single mom: ‘It felt like an angel came to visit me’ when approved for Avesta home
In March 2023, Kayla and her 4-year-old son became unhoused. They couched surfed for a bit before moving into her sister’s home in Waterboro. Kayla took a job at Starbuck’s in Windham – the 5
‘You will be happy with Avesta Housing’
When Pedro and Alice first came to Portland with their family, they stayed at the city’s family shelter and spent much of their free time walking around the Bayside neighborhood. “We would say to each
Family finds new hope with Avesta Housing
When Alain was told he and his family had a new home with Avesta Housing, he was so excited, he couldn’t wait to move in. So he called a friend and asked him to take
