They bought Pleasantwood Estates in Old Orchard Beach in Maine I was on their wait list and they dumped me If you call Pleasantwood Estates noone answers the phone They do not want you to know what is going on
Bad experience I filled out an application for the Avesta Housing Wait List thinking I would be on the Avesta Housing Waitlist Wrong They only placed me on the waitlist for one property and when I got a letter from them saying unfortunately I wasnt gBad experience I filled out an application for the Avesta Housing Wait List thinking I would be on the Avesta Housing Waitlist Wrong They only placed me on the waitlist for one property and when I got a letter from them saying unfortunately I wasnt getting an apartment Patrick Beacham didnt bother to even sign itmore ...hide ...
Ive lived in Avesta Housing for two yearsWoods Edge to be exact Moved here from California and they have been nothing but accommodating to me The grounds are beautifully kept and the manager and coordinator are wonderful All I have to say isBe thaIve lived in Avesta Housing for two yearsWoods Edge to be exact Moved here from California and they have been nothing but accommodating to me The grounds are beautifully kept and the manager and coordinator are wonderful All I have to say isBe thankful for what you have for if you had to pay full price for an apartment youd be on the streets No likeyMOVEmore ...hide ...
Rent prices in southern Maine are completely out of control Many of us who work full time have no choice but to apply for affordable housing because market rate apartments in Portland now cost the same as apartments in bigger cities that have much hiRent prices in southern Maine are completely out of control Many of us who work full time have no choice but to apply for affordable housing because market rate apartments in Portland now cost the same as apartments in bigger cities that have much higher wages Unfortunately for us Avesta has a near monopoly on affordable housing in southern Maine They know this and it shows I have been in this apartment for 6 years and I am still waiting for them to fix things I reported 6 years ago Every year they do an annual inspection and they point out the problems and say how come you didnt report this and I say I DID report it I reported it last year and the year before and the year before but I guess they dont keep records of these things They write it down on the clipboard but who knows where it goes after that When you ask them why havent you fixed this in 6 years they say we dont have money in the budget thats very interesting they have money in the budget for things nobody asked for like a flat screen TV in the lobby that displays the time and temperature they spent thousands of dollars to install that thing ummm hello we all have the time and temperature in our pockets on our phones so you have money for that but you dont have money to fill the craters pot holes in the parking lot Ok whatever you say In 6 years of living here we have had 4 different property managers They hire people off the street with no property management experience One year on the job and Avesta promotes them to senior or regional manager Two or three years on the job and they get promoted to director or VP Its no wonder the company is so poorly run Im giving them 2 stars because frankly it IS better than being homeless and anyone who says theyd rather be homeless than live here is full of it It just sucks that Avesta treats us like we should be grateful for any little scraps they toss our way But this isnt only Avestas fault its the fault of market rate landlords who raise their rents so high that more and more of us have no choice but to apply for affordable housing and it is the fault of local and state politicians who refuse to do anything about high rents and low wages They create or perpetuate the conditions that allow Avesta to treat us this waymore ...hide ...
Im here to share no matter what nothing is perfect these days High five Avesta housings Im disabled and was on housing waitlist 5 years I was walked threw the process on application and acceptance buy staff who treated me respectfully and fair It didIm here to share no matter what nothing is perfect these days High five Avesta housings Im disabled and was on housing waitlist 5 years I was walked threw the process on application and acceptance buy staff who treated me respectfully and fair It did take several weeks to be placed in the apartment but there were professional and thorough in making my residence here a success I am thankful to the management company all staff and maintenance who are responsive caring and working to offer people senior diasabled and limited income a better option for livingmore ...hide ...
72 OAK ST, PORTLAND, ME 4101 207-553-7780 Low Income Apartments & Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), Accept Housing Vouchers, Section 8 housing, Maine State Housing Authority • Total number of rental units: 37 • Total number of low income units for rent: 37 • Type of construction: New construction
315 VALLEY ST, PORTLAND, ME 4102 Low Income Apartments & Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), Accept Housing Vouchers, Section 8 housing, Maine State Housing Authority • Total number of rental units: 24 • Total number of low income units for rent: 24 • Type of construction: New construction
190 VALLEY ST, PORTLAND, ME 4102 207-253-8002 Low Income Apartments & Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), Accept Housing Vouchers, Section 8 housing, Maine State Housing Authority • Total number of rental units: 25 • Total number of low income units for rent: 25 • Type of construction: New construction
• Number of efficiencies: 25
Sarah Wallace
(3.6/5)
My cases worker called I might be half in order to refer me or find out how to refer me that you promptly told them that I had to refer myself so when I called in Only to be told that a self referral is a one night stateMy cases worker called I might be half in order to refer me or find out how to refer me that you promptly told them that I had to refer myself so when I called in Only to be told that a self referral is a one night state only and apparently the person my case worker talked to who gave me this information was 1 of the speciamore ...hide ...
1125 BRIGHTON AVENUE, PORTLAND, ME 4102 Low Income Apartments & Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), Accept Housing Vouchers, Section 8 housing, Maine State Housing Authority • Total number of rental units: 104 • Total number of low income units for rent: 100 • Type of construction: Acquisition and Rehab
• Number of efficiencies: 7 • Number of 1-bedroom units: 97
mark seiders
(3.7/5)
iv seen alot of drugs being boughtan sold an consumed on the proberty and manegment did nothing the apartment that my mother had the floor was very uneven and she fell quiet abet to the point that now she is in a nersiniv seen alot of drugs being boughtan sold an consumed on the proberty and manegment did nothing the apartment that my mother had the floor was very uneven and she fell quiet abet to the point that now she is in a nersing home after being at mercy 4 mounths back in feburary the same manegment that called the cops on me trymore ...hide ...
77 PINE STREET AND 218 STATE STREET, PORTLAND, ME 4102 207-553-7780 Low Income Apartments & Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), Accept Housing Vouchers, Section 8 housing, Maine State Housing Authority • Total number of rental units: 56 • Total number of low income units for rent: 56 • Type of construction: Acquisition and Rehab
206 STATE ST , PORTLAND , ME 4101Housing types: Low Income Apartments buildings / Section 8 vouchers accepted total apartment units: 44, assisted housing category: insured-subsidized, contract term: 240 months, hfda/8 sr , between 141% & 160% fmr, 1bedroom: $1,008.0
M B (lib92)
(2.3/5)
The WORST building for disabled and elderly people in Portland. Do NOT move in there if you have any other option at all. In the building I live in now, there are five people who moved here from Longfellow Commons and weThe WORST building for disabled and elderly people in Portland. Do NOT move in there if you have any other option at all. In the building I live in now, there are five people who moved here from Longfellow Commons and we call ourselves \"refugees\" from LC. It is THAT bad.First, heat is not included and it is electric heating, which costs a FORTUNE. Expect to pay $125 to $225 a month for heat in the winter, depending on the temperature and the size of your apartment. The apartments are freezing in the winter and boiling in the summer because the windows are so old.The laundry machines are always broken. They had people come to replace the threadbare hallway carpeting four years ago, but they quit in the middle of the job and its never been finished, resulting in hallway carpeting that is half decent and then abruptly turns old and shabby halfway down the halls.Bedbugs are common in the building and management never does a thorough job of getting rid of them, so they keep coming back. They are supposed to do regular inspections but dont bother doing half the apartments.Apartments on the basement floor flood when it rains, get no TV reception and STINK because the garbage room is down there and is kept locked so residents just pile garbage in the hallway outside it.The managers are completely unqualified to be running a building: the \"resident coordinator\" (Jennifer Laflin) in particular is uneducated, lazy and a bully, but they keep her because they literally couldnt get anyone else to stay in her position more than a few months and no one else will hire her, so she will stay.Residents who are Democrats have been ordered by Jennifer not to discuss politics in the Community Room because shes a Trump supporter (but she has no problem demanding that residents listen to her RACIST speech - she wants Muslims and immigrants out of the country - and hateful political views at length). She tells residents she is \"sick of paying\" for their disability, Social Security and health care through her taxes, calls them nasty names and worse. She gossips and tells residents private and very personal information to other residents.Jennifer once actually took all of the residents PERSONAL files (with all of their private medical information, bank account and financial information, etc.) and piled them on the table in the Community Room where residents gather, then went home for the night and left the door to the room open so anyone at all could sit down and read everyone elses private medical history and access their bank accounts. Residents took photos and then got together to write a letter to Weston Management about it, but she got wind and called people into her office one by one, threatening to make them \"homeless\" by evicting them if they signed the letter, terrifying people so much the letter was never sent.When things break in apartments, they dont get fixed because maintenance reports are never filed by management. When people come to management with concerns, managers are rude, dismissive and abusive. Managers have been known to close the Community Room to residents for months so theres nowhere to gather, yet theyll use it themselves while its closed as a private TV room to watch their soap operas and game shows during the day when they are supposed to be working.It is pointless to contact the managers supervisors at Weston; they only want to collect money and will do nothing at all to correct problems.In short, DO NOT MOVE INTO THIS BUILDING. They have open and available apartments much more frequently than any other Portland building so you might be tempted, but thats because people move out at a rapid rate because the building and its manager are so terrible.more ...hide ...
