June 22, 2022 - HUD Makes Over $30 Million Available to State and Local Fair Housing Enforcement Partners Funding increased 6.5% to support and promote fair housing nationwide The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Wednesday announced it has allocated $30.1 million in noncompetitive funding for HUD’s state and local fair housing enforcement agencies across the country under...
May 17, 2022 - HUD Announces $10.3 Billion in Grants for Housing and Community Development Activities Across U.S The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced $10.3 billion in Fiscal Year 2022 formula grants to communities across the United States for housing and community development activities ranging from affordable housing development to public housing modernization to...
Recently Building Neighborhoods Together (BNT) was visited by executives from United Illuminating Co and their parent company, Avangrid. Franklin Reynolds, President and CEO of UIL Holdings, Pablo Colón, Director of Corporate Citizenship for Avangrid, and Jalmar De Dios, Director of Communications & Economic Development for Avangrid, came to BNT’s office and presented a check for $15,000 to Doris...
BNT, one of Connecticut’s top affordable housing developers, is pleased to announce that it has chosen Doris Latorre as its new Chief Executive Officer. A long-time Bridgeport housing activist, Doris served as BNT’s Deputy Director, before being named Interim CEO last November. Doris, who has worked with BNT for more than seven years, has had a long career advocating for people’s housing rights....
December 22, 2021 - HUD Fact Sheet: 2021 Year in Review; Fair Housing Highlights December 22, 2021 - HUD published its 2021 Year in Review Fact Sheet, which includes significant collaboration between other governmental agencies and the Biden administration. The publication included the following highlights regarding Fair Housing antidiscrimination advancements: Task force established June 2021 brings...
On December 8 at 6 PM, BNT hosted its BNT Annual Benefit: Meeting the Housing Crisis at the new Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater facility in Bridgeport. The event not only raised support for the housing and counseling work BNT provides, but it also introduced funders and community supporters to Doris Latorre as BNT's new Interim CEO as of November 15, 2021. After a long year in a pandemic, this was a great...
November 15, 2021 - BNT's Stephen Grathwohl Announces Doris Latorre Now Interim CEO Building Neighborhoods Together's (BNT) Board President, Stephen Grathwohl announced today that Deputy Director Deputy G. Latorre has been elevated to Interim Chief Executive Officer, and that Noah Gotbaum tendered his resignation earlier today. Steve said that as BNT's Deputy Director, Doris has been an essential...
October 22, 2021 - Senator Blumenthal praised BNT and local resident, Phannell Austin, on Channel 12 News. See teaser clip below. BNT is a proud administrator of UniteCT, the state's program for Covid related rental and electric assistance needs. The program is available for eligible Connecticut households financially impacted by COVID-19. As a result of BNT's work with Phannell, who is unable to...
September 2, 2021 - HUD Awards $47 Million to Fight Housing Discrimination, Including $125,000 FHIP Grant to BNT September 2, 2021 - HUD announced today that it had awarded $47.4 million to 120 fair housing organizations nationally under its Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP). This included an award of $125,000 to support BNT's education and outreach programming for the ensuing year, including free...
“If it wasn't for BNT and Carmen, my family and I could have ended up on the streets" – UniteCT Rental Assistance Applicant, Hernandez July 12, 2021 - BNT's Carmen Ramos and UniteCT Applicant, Hernandez on All Things Considered BNT is one of the most active HUD and CHFA housing counseling agencies in Connecticut, and now one of the most active administrator's of Connecticut's UniteCT rental...