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Affordable Housing

Preachers’ Aid has 36 single family cottages in two communities:

Wesley Woods

Located in Gilford, New Hampshire, Wesley Woods is a Deaconess Abundant Life Community in which the Society manages eight homes for our retiree families.

Wesley by the Sea

Wesley by the Sea is a community developed and managed by the Society, provides twenty-eight homes in Wells, Maine for retired clergy families.Each home in the original development is about 1200 square feet  with one bedroom, a den, and a single car garage. The six units completed in 2020 are approximately 1500 square feet with two bedrooms, a den, a dining room and a two car garage. These are mixed income rental homes that are subsidized by the Society based on need.

Green Loans

Retired pastors may draw up to $10,000 (over a period of ten years) in order to make improvements in homes they own which are designed to cut energy costs for that home. Specific uses for these funds may include:

  • Replacement Windows
  • New Furnaces
  • Solar Heating Installations
  • Auxiliary Heating Systems
  • Insulation
  • Energy Efficient Appliances
  • Insulating Window Treatments