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PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING INITIATIVE
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA), the State Departments of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), Social Services (DSS), Children and Families (DCF), Economic and Community Development (DECD), Corrections (DOC), the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch (CSSD) and the State Office of Policy and Management (OPM) are pleased to announce the release of this Request for Proposals (RFP). This RFP is seeking applications for capital financing, project-based rental assistance, and support service funding for permanent supportive housing development projects. Types of funding and the project eligibility requirements are described in the RFP. The full RFP is available at www.chfa.org. Requests for a written copy of the RFP or for additional information may be made via email at PSH_RFP@chfa.org. Before submitting a response, applicants shall examine the entire RFP and its Appendices. The submission of a response will be construed as evidence that such an examination has been made.
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Liberty Bank Foundation awards grant to SECHA
July, 2011
Southeastern Connecticut Housing Alliance was awarded a $5,000 grant by Liberty Foundation Bank. SECHA’s goal with this grant funding is to redesign the organizations web-site and to gather affordable housing information to create an inventory of housing units for low and moderate income families. SECHA will publish and distribute this information via various forms of outreach, primarily via the internet with our web-site as our primary tool. The redesigned SECHA web-site will not only provide information on housing related workshops, affordable housing options, and related housing issues, but it will also be an interactive web-site to receive information on housing opportunities with input options for municipalities and developers. We are very excited about this opportunity to increase our connectivity and enhance our communications system. Lastly, SECHA is very appreciative of Liberty Bank’s generosity.
2011 HOPE Regional Housing Forums
September 9, 2011
Regional Forum for the Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments Click here to read more »
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)
for HUD's Fiscal Years 2010-11
Capacity Building for Sustainable Communities Program
A Notice Of Funding Availability has been published by HUD. It is part of a cross-agency collaboration between HUD, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), known as the Partnership for Sustainable Communities. The NOFA makes available $5.65 million to fund intermediary organizations that can provide capacity building support for communities engaged in planning efforts that support community involvement and integrate housing, land use, land cleanup and preparation for reuse, economic and workforce development, transportation, and infrastructure investments. Each grantee will be expected to deliver capacity building support to communities across the United States.
Click here to get information from the HUD website »
Or you may also contact,Marilyn Díaz, Esq.,
Senior Management Analyst,
U.S. Dept. of HUD,
One Corporate Center, 19th floor,
Hartford, CT 06103.
Phone: 860-240-9725
Fax: 860-240-4859
Marilyn.Diaz@hud.gov
HUD Funding Awarded to SECHA
June, 2010
The Southeastern Connecticut Housing Alliance (SECHA) has been awarded a Neighborhood Initiatives grant, funded by Congress in the Consolidation Appropriations Act of 2010. These grant funds, in the amount of $194,800, will be provided to SECHA through the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). SECHA intends to use these funds to sustain its operations over a multi-year period. In an August 11th letter thanking Senator Christopher Dodd for his efforts in securing this grant, former SECHA Director Jane Dauphinais wrote: “This funding is terribly important to our agency. As you know, we function as a resource for the 18 municipalities in southeastern Connecticut for affordable housing. You clearly appreciate the “success problems” that arise from the need for our workforce to live near their jobs in an area that, even with recent price declines, has seen home prices far outstrip income growth. Your efforts to secure funding will enable us to continue the successes we have had to date.”
SECHA Receives Ira Gribin Workforce Housing Grant
August, 2010
Through the efforts of the Eastern Connecticut Association of Realtors, the Southeastern Connecticut Housing Alliance (SECHA) has been awarded a $28,000 grant from the National Association of Realtors. SECHA plans to use this funding, called the Ira Gribin Workforce Housing Grant Program, to perform a market survey of housing needs in the region. SECHA plans to conduct the survey in November, 2010 and has contracted with the Connecticut Economic Resource Center (CERC) to oversee the conduct of the survey and to prepare an analysis of the results. The Builders Association of Southeastern Connecticut has recently contributed $1,000 to SECHA to assist with this project.
Partnership for Strong Communities Events
Keep up-to-date on upcoming Partnership events and find materials from recent forums, press conferences and other events held by the Partnership for Strong Communities.
The Partnership for Strong Communities is located at The Lyceum, 227 Lawrence Street in Hartford, 06106. Our phone number is: 860-244-0066. Our fax number is: 860-247-4320.