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Yale Daily News
UP CLOSE | Buried in an “avalanche of goodness”
April 14, 2022
Suzan Malcolm, a 43-year-old New Haven resident and single mother of four, worked at Goodwill for 17 years before losing her job in a wave of layoffs.
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New Haven Independent
New “Vlock” House Previewed In The Hill
March 18, 2022
The newest addition to New Haven’s affordable housing stock will be a 400 square-foot dwelling cheek by jowl to the railroad tracks in the Hill.
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Yale Daily News
Accessory dwelling units by the Yale School of Architecture offer “cheap” and “stable” housing alternatives
March 11, 2022
In a partnership with Columbus House, students from the Yale School of Architecture are designing a new housing alternative unit that embodies affordability, stability and sustainability.
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Middletown Press
After motel fire, Middletown approves $20K grant for agency running shelter
March 8, 2022
The city council approved a $20,000 Public Health Block Grant for the agency that runs a winter shelter at a local motel damaged by a couch fire last month.
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TD Bank
TD Charitable Foundation Awards $5.8 Million to 33 Non-Profits Helping Affordable Housing Providers Deliver Critical Services
March 8, 2022
TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank®, today awarded a total of $5.8 million through the 16th annual Housing for Everyone grant program. The TD Charitable Foundation selected 33 non-profit organizations across TD Bank's footprint to receive Housing for Everyone grants ranging from $150,000 to $250,000.
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Columbus House
Fire at Middletown Warming Center
March 2, 2022
On Saturday afternoon at approximately 4:00 P.M., Columbus House staff noticed smoke coming from one of the rooms used by our clients at the Wesley Inn and Suites in Middletown. Due to the swift action by staff, all clients and a dog were safely evacuated from the hotel and there were no injuries.
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New Haven Independent
Word on The Street: New Beginnings
February 23, 2022
KP stood at the bus stop near Wells Fargo on Church Street Wednesday morning waiting to catch a ride to Wallingford — and a new life.
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Yale Daily News
Data demonstrates how pandemic exacerbated New Haven’s wealth disparities
February 23, 2022
More than four in 10 New Haven residents lost their job, used emergency food services or suffered financially during the pandemic.
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University of New Haven
Chargers, Local Students Come Together to Support Individuals Facing Homelessness
February 18, 2022
Gabriela Garcia-Perez ’24, the founding director for the Community Integration Mentoring Program, recently hosted an event in New Haven that brought students of diverse backgrounds together to create care bags for individuals facing homelessness.
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WTNH NEWS 8
Homeless shelters scrambling as emergency funding running out
February 14, 2022
In the early days of the pandemic, local homeless shelters moved their clients into hotels to keep them safe, but emergency government funding for that is about to run out.
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