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...
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...
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 13, 2022 – Senator Chris Murphy held a press conference outlining the State of Connecticut’s new mortgage relief program, MyHomeCT, that assists homeowners who were financially impacted by the pandemic. Eligible applicants may receive up to $30,000 to help them with mortgage payments and real estate taxes. The announcement took place at Building Neighborhoods Together (BNT), one of the...
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...
Building Neighborhoods Together is proud to be a MyHomeCT Resource Center and provide mortgage relief services to the residents of CT. (HARTFORD, CT) - May 2, 2022 – Governor Ned Lamont today announced the launch of MyHomeCT – a new State of Connecticut program that is providing mortgage relief to homeowners who have experienced financial hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is being funded by...
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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...