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New Haven Partnership Takes On Affordable Housing, One New Home At A Time
September 11, 2017
A recent study called “Out Of Reach” finds that someone working full-time, earning the federal minimum wage, would be unable to rent a two-bedroom apartment anywhere in this country. But a new partnership in New Haven is trying to address the problem, one house at a time.
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Connecticut Network
Nonprofit & Community Service Providers Budget Rally at the State Capitol
September 7, 2017
Watch Alison Cunningham, Columbus House CEO, urge legislators to pass a budget and protect community services at the Rally to Protect Nonprofit Services.
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New Haven Register
Liberty Bank Foundation grant competition open for voting Sept. 5
September 4, 2017
n the affordable-housing category, the finalists are Columbus House of New Haven, which operates a shelter and oversees supportive housing for those who are homeless or at risk; Capital for Change, which oversees investment funds in New Haven, Bridgeport and Hartford; and Middlesex Habitat for Humanity of CT’s ReStore, a retail home-improvement store that accepts donations and sells at reduced prices, based in Cromwell.
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Columbus House
Columbus House Among Finalists in Liberty Bank $20,000 Grant Competition
August 23, 2017
Columbus House is among nine finalists, from an initial field of 82 entrants, competing for one of three $20,000 grants from Liberty Bank Foundation. Columbus House will be competing in the ‘affordable housing’ category against two other organizations: Capital for Change and the Middlesex Habitat for Humanity of CT’s ReStore.
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New Haven Register
Yale students building house in New Haven to address needs of homeless
August 14, 2017
The house that the first-year Yale School of Architecture students have designed and are building in the Hill neighborhood has a twofold purpose: Not only is it a required practical exercise but it’s giving the students a lesson in the complex issues of homelessness.
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WTNH
Yale architecture building home for homeless shelter
August 11, 2017
On a corner lot on Adeline Street, there is a construction project with an unusual crew. It is made up of Yale architecture students. The school has built something like this every year for 50 years.
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So Many Reasons to Support NGCC’s North Guilford Country Fair
August 8, 2017
When you realize she’s been active with her church for over 40 years, including leading the choir and running the Missions Committee, it makes perfect sense to Cynthia Damer to rise at 5 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 19, fire up the family oven, and spend the next five hours baking all of the pies to be sold later that day at the North Guilford Congregational Church (NGCC) North Guilford Country Fair and Auction.
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New Haven Independent
Columbus House, Architecture Students Team Up
July 21, 2017
Yale architecture students are teaming up with Columbus House on a pre-fab house, the 50th annual such project for low-income families, now that the zoning board has blessed the project with a needed variance.
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The Connecticut Mirror
Homelessness fell 24% in three years. How did Connecticut do it?
June 21, 2017
It’s been more than two decades since Alison Cunningham joined the effort to tackle homelessness in New Haven. To say much has changed since her work began would be an understatement.
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Columbus House
Alison Cunningham receives Barbara Geller Career Achievement Award
June 20, 2017
Read Alison Cunningham's acceptance speech from Partnership for Strong Communities 2017 Reaching Home Celebration Dinner and Housing Awards
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