Gov. Janet Mills was on hand for the ceremony Wednesday, Nov. 12.
Avesta Housing
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Avesta listed 2 houses for $218K a week ago. Over 100 Mainers are already interested.
The houses — both sides of a duplex in Gray — are part of an effort to increase affordable housing by renovating Maine’s existing housing stock.
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Avesta Housing’s new CEO brings more than 20 years’ experience
Jennifer Hawkins will begin her new role July 14, the company announced Thursday.
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Maine housing advocates warn of coming ‘tsunami’ of USDA foreclosures on rural homes
The Department of Agriculture says it’s clearing a backlog of 400 foreclosures and more than 800 delinquencies left by the Biden administration. But local housing advocates say the crisis was years in the making and that the USDA has always been slow to act when its borrowers default.
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Kennebunk housing units in $42,000-$50,000 median income range win town approval
Avesta Housing is one step closer to building affordable senior housing in Kennebunk with approval from the town Planning Board.
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Maine nonprofit will renovate fixer-uppers, sell them as affordable housing
The new Avesta Housing program is meant to help moderate-income families that are ‘often overlooked’ afford their first home.
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Neighbors push back on affordable housing plan in Portland’s Nason’s Corner
Officials want a developer to turn 1125 Brighton Ave. into an affordable housing development to help meet the city’s desperate need for housing. Nearby residents are vowing to fight it.
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Project would mix housing-first, affordable and market-rate apartments in Portland’s Bayside
The 3 adjacent buildings would be built on Cedar, Lancaster and Oxford streets at the site of the former Oxford Street Shelter.
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Public input to continue on build-out pace of proposed Gorham subdivision
The developers of a proposed 391-unit residential project in Gorham Village are asking the town to allow them to build more units per year than is currently allowed.
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Avesta, Preble Street propose building 30 to 50 apartments on former Oxford Street shelter site
The plan still needs funding and city approval and likely wouldn’t be built until 2025 and ready for occupancy by 2027.