Milford, CT – November 2, 2023 – Yvonne Jetter's family faced severe financial challenges during the pandemic. Almost losing her husband's business added to their struggles. The threat of homelessness loomed when their landlord decided to sell their home. Fortunately, her husband’s accountant told them about the “wonderful first-time homebuyer down payment assistance program at BNT.” This...
Bridgeport, CT – October 21, 2023 – In an insightful video interview by Channel 12 News reporter Frank Recchia, which aired on both the 6 PM and 9 PM editions on Saturday, October 21, Doris Latorre, CEO of Building Neighborhoods Together (BNT), and Chip Parrish, President of the Board, shared crucial details about the organization's upcoming Annual Benefit event, "Let's Make Home the Goal." This...
Bridgeport, CT – October 12, 2023 – Building Neighborhoods Together (BNT), has been the recipient of significant financial support from Fairfield County Bank over the past three years, reinforcing their commitment to financial and housing security in Fairfield County. This year's award from Fairfield County Bank, totaling $7,500 in grant funding and a $5,000 Silver Sponsorship, for a total of...
Bridgeport, CT - On September 28, 2023, Liberty Bank's mortgage lender, Linda Urbanec, presented a generous $5,000 grant award check to the dedicated staff at Building Neighborhoods Together (BNT). BNT, established in 1986, is a HUD-certified nonprofit agency committed to addressing housing and financial insecurity, homelessness, and inequality in Fairfield County. Over the past 6 months, BNT has...
Bridgeport, CT - July 3, 2023: Building Neighborhoods Together (BNT) is pleased to share the following ctpost news story Time To Own gets $20 Million Infusion, announcing an additional $20 million allocation by the state of Connecticut to its 'Time to Own' program, offering 0% forgivable loans up to $50,000 for down payment assistance, which has already provided crucial support to over 1,300 new...
June 22, 2023 - The Homeward Bound Housing Fair and Networking Event, which took place at Two Roads Brewery in Stratford last week, was a tremendous success, attracting an impressive turnout of over 140 prospective homeowners. The event provided a valuable platform for 40 residential real estate professionals to showcase affordable lending and housing products and services to our community constituents....
HUD No. 23-013 HUD Public Affairs (202) 708-0685 FOR RELEASE Thursday January 19, 2023 HUD ANNOUNCES NEW PROPOSED "AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING" RULE, TAKING A MAJOR STEP TOWARDS ROOTING OUT LONGSTANDING INEQUITIES IN HOUSING AND FOSTERING INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES Rule expands upon HUD’s previous policy, implementing opportunities for transparency and accountability while...
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...