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HUD awards a combined $1.03 million to Middletown homelessness agencies
January 22, 2020
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development gave out more than $53.9 million in grants to Connecticut to support 148 local homeless assistance projects recently.
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WFSB Channel 3
Amazon fulfills local shelter's holiday wish list
December 21, 2019
Local Amazon workers have been busy getting Christmas orders ready for customers. But on Friday, they took a break to deliver one big gift to one of its neighbors.
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FOX 61
Amazon gives $10,000 in donations to New Haven organization
December 20, 2019
Amazon checked off the wish list of one organization that helps house the homeless. Executives at Columbus House had no idea that when amazon came to visit that they would be receiving donations up to $10,000.
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Yale Daily News
Architecture students to build in Newhallville
December 6, 2019
First-year Yale architecture students will return to Newhallville for the first time in six years to build and design a duplex to be used as affordable housing.
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Archinect
Yale SoA students complete triple-decker home for formerly homeless families
November 25, 2019
Students at the Yale University School of Architecture have completed construction on the 2019 Jim Vlock First Year Building Project, a student-led design-build exploration that has brought a three-unit "triple-decker"-style home into existence.
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Columbus House
Columbus House (and New Haven) loses a champion
October 8, 2019
We were saddened to learn of the loss of another close friend to Columbus House. Cheever Tyler passed away in August at the age of 81.
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The Middletown Press
100-Day Challenge addresses youth homelessness in Middletown
September 26, 2019
In June, Connecticut issued a 100-Day Challenge to End Youth Homelessness that brought together stakeholders from across the state in a concerted effort to rehouse homeless youth.
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The New Haven Independent
New Vlock House Rocks, With Neighbors’ Help
September 24, 2019
The design of this year’s “Vlock” house draws on the classic New Haven three-decker, found from East Rock to Kimberly Square. It draws as well on a vision of how to house people who know the insecurity of sleeping in tents or under bridges and therefore want security.
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Daily Nutmeg
Work Study
September 19, 2019
New Haven is known for its eclectic mix of downtown architecture, from Colonial and Federal homes to Gothic churches, Modernist experiments and 21st-century “smart buildings.”
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