Monthly Archives: October 2014
CHFA WINS NCSHA AWARD FOR PROGRAM EXCELLENCE
The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) received a national award for Program Excellence from the National Council of State Housing Authorities (NCSHA) at the Council’s annual conference last week. More than 2,000 units of affordable rental housing have been financed by leveraging funds from this CHFA program since 2011. CHFA’s Small Multifamily Rental Housing Development Program works with Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs) and local partners to revitalize and develop small affordable multifamily rental housing developments (between 5 and 19 units), in communities across the state.
CT Delegation Announces $77 MIillion In Home Heating Relief
Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and U.S. Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), U.S. Congressman John Larson (D-Conn.), U.S. Congressman Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) U.S. Congressman Jim Himes (D-Conn.) and U.S. Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.) announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released $77,288,422 of block grant funding for Connecticut’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)