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...
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....