Pictured from left to right: BNT's Charlie Griggs, Carol Cruz, Elsie Algarin and Iris O'Halloran, NSB's Mortgage Loan Officer, Stephen Finnegan, and SVP and head of Retail Lending, Carl Josephson, and BNT's CEO Doris Latorre, Diamond London, Lizbeth DiFabbio and Beverly Hoppie December 16, 2022 - BNT is very honored to have recently received a $15,000 donation from Newtown Savings Bank (NSB). This...
On November 3 at 6 PM, BNT hosted its BNT Annual Benefit - Putting Housing First at the Great River Golf Club in Milford. The annual event raises support for the housing and counseling work BNT provides by showcasing the achievements of the organization with the greater CT housing community and BNT's generous partners. It is also BNT's largest networking event of funders, local and state elected officials,...
October 31, 2022 - Building Neighborhoods Together (BNT) and The WorkPlace home retention/foreclosure experts were recently interviewed on local CT radio. Both organizations have been working together to keep families in their current homes by providing home retention counseling, offering job training, and many other resources to get parents back into the workforce. With many families still financially...
October 7, 2022 - In an effort to directly support the home states of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts in which CVS is rooted, a new $2 million grant program called Hometown Fund was created by CVS Health Foundation to demonstrate their unwavering support for their local communities and invest in organizations they believe are making a big difference. Building Neighborhoods Together (BNT) is...
BRIDGEPORT — CT Post Reporter Brian Lockhart interviewed BNT's CEO Doris Latorre regarding the substantial rise in rents in Bridgeport and the tremendous need to construct more affordable housing. Also interviewed were Councilman Ernie Newton and Scott Burns who agreed Bridgeport's City Council needs to act quickly in putting together commissions on fair rent and fair housing. Read the full article...
BRIDGEPORT — As Steelpointe’s Christoph family aims to break ground this fall on luxury apartments at the harbor-front East Side site, construction of BNT's affordable units the developers are backing a few blocks away per their contract with the city is delayed. “The project did compete for (state) low income housing tax credits this past January (and) lost by a couple points,” said Elizabeth...
HUD PUBLISHES FY 2023 FAIR MARKET RENTS FMRs Will Make It Easier for Families with Housing Vouchers - Including Vouchers Created Under this Administration - to Use Their Vouchers to Access Affordable Housing WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today published Fair Market Rents (FMRs) for Fiscal Year 2023. FMRs, published annually, are an estimate of the amount of money...
August 17, 2022 – Building Neighborhoods Together (BNT), a HUD-certified Resource Center for Connecticut Housing Finance Authority’s (CHFA) newest mortgage relief program, MyHomeCT, hosted a MyHomeCT Seminar with CHFA at its Bridgeport office yesterday. Interested parties were invited to learn about the grant and eligibility requirements. The goal of MyHomeCT is to cure mortgage delinquencies and...
August 16, 2022 – Senior mortgage bankers Tim Frederick, EVP, Head of Mortgage Originations; Phil Swetz, SVP, Director of Product, CRA, Affordable Mortgage Lending; Andrea Kawakami, VP Residential Mortgage Sales Manager; and Moyah Smith, Retail Mortgage CRA Regional Sales Manager (first pictured left to right), gave a rare visit to BNT's offices yesterday. Much discussion centered around M&T's...
To Mark Disability Pride Month and the 32nd Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, HUD Reaffirms Its Commitment to Community Living for Individuals with Disabilities July marks the 2022 celebration of Disability Pride Month and the 32nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a comprehensive civil rights law for persons with disabilities. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...