This week, a ribbon-cutting celebration was held at Picker House Lofts, marking a brand-new chapter for the historic Continental Mill on Cedar Street in Lewiston, Maine. This redevelopment has transformed the formerly vacant building into 72 homes, offering a mix of market-rate and income-restricted apartments to meet the growing housing needs in the community.
Evernorth closed Housing New England, Fund VI on March 19, 2025. This fund will provide equity to finance affordable housing in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
16 investors committed a total of $64,250,000 in equity making Housing New England, Fund VI (HNE Fund VI) a significant financial resource for the region’s critical affordable housing needs. HNE Fund VI’s investors include community, regional and national banks as well as one of the nation’s largest mortgage banking organizations.
[Barre, VT] Today a gathering of community members, funders, residents, state legislators, and others celebrated the official grand opening for the historic Ward 5 School Apartments. Co-owners and co-developers, Evernorth and Downstreet Housing and Community Development partnered to redevelop the historic Ward 5 School into 9 new permanently affordable homes that are part of the larger Granite City Apartments project, which also includes 18 newly renovated apartments in two buildings on Bromur Street.