Partners

The Centers for Housing Opportunity operates on a collective impact model, forming and facilitating cross-sector partnerships to work towards a single goal: regional housing affordability. CHO is a strategic alliance between three core organizations: The Housing Collective, LISC Connecticut, and Partnership for Strong Communities, in partnership with place-based community foundations and anchor organizations in Fairfield County, Litchfield County, and Eastern Connecticut.

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Initiative Opening Doors: Fairfield County, CT; Opening Doors; Centers for Housing Opportunity
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Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation strengthens communities through philanthropy and leadership. Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation responds to regional priority issues while addressing their root causes, expanding the role of philanthropy as a force for change.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity: Litchfield County, CT; Centers for Housing Opportunity
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Community Foundation of Eastern CT brings people together to work towards a healthy, thriving, sustainable Eastern Connecticut with greater equity for all. We achieve this by collaborating with partners to put philanthropy into action to address the needs, rights and interests of our community.

Initiative Centers for Housing Equity & Opportunity: Eastern CT; Centers for Housing Opportunity
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Connecticut College educates students to put the liberal arts into action as citizens in a global society. The College promotes an understanding of local, regional, national, and international peoples, groups, cultures, and issues, and encourages students to take a life-long interest in them.

Initiative Centers for Housing Equity & Opportunity: Eastern CT; Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
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The Department of Housing (DOH) strengthens and revitalizes communities by promoting affordable housing opportunities. DOH seeks to eliminate homelessness and to catalyze the creation and preservation of quality, affordable housing to meet the needs of all individuals and families statewide to ensure that Connecticut continues to be a great place to live and work.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity; Opening Doors
Region Eastern CT; Fairfield County, CT; Northwest CT; Litchfield County, CT; CT

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The Department of Social Services (DSS) delivers and funds a wide range of programs and services as Connecticut’s multi-faceted health and human services agency. DSS serves about 1 million residents of all ages in all 169 Connecticut cities and towns. It supports the basic needs of children, families, older and other adults, including persons with disabilities.

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Desegregate CT is a Pro-Homes coalition of neighbors and nonprofits advocating for better local & state land use policies to make every community in Connecticut more prosperous, equitable, and sustainable.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
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Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
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Eastern CT State University engages students from diverse backgrounds in a transformative, liberal arts learning experience that provides knowledge and skills to lead enriching, purposeful lives.

Initiative Centers for Housing Equity & Opportunity: Eastern CT; Centers for Housing Opportunity
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As a nonprofit partner and thought leader since 1992, Fairfield County’s Community Foundation brings together passionate people and trusted resources to solve our region’s challenges through innovative, collaborative solutions. Together, our goal is to close the opportunity gap in Fairfield County by eliminating disparities in income, education, employment, housing and health.

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Foundation for Community Health is a private, not-for-profit foundation serving the greater Harlem Valley of New York and the northern Litchfield Hills of Connecticut, FCH works to create the conditions required for health, well-being, and equity. To accomplish their mission, FCH makes grants, conducts research, provides technical assistance, and supports collaboration and advocacy.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity: Litchfield County, CT; Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Shelters
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Initiative Opening Doors: Fairfield County, CT; Opening Doors; Centers for Housing Opportunity
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Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
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Since coming to Connecticut in 1984, LISC has invested more than $94 million in grants and loans. LISC works in cities including Bridgeport, Hartford, New Britain, New Haven, and Waterbury, helping local organizations develop affordable housing and create partnerships that strengthen neighborhoods by enhancing resident quality of life, expanding economic opportunity, and closing racial wealth, health, and opportunity gaps.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity: Fairfield County, CT; Centers for Housing Opportunity: Litchfield County, CT; Centers for Housing Equity & Opportunity: Eastern CT; Centers for Housing Opportunity

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Initiative Opening Doors; Centers for Housing Opportunity
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Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
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Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
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Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
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Initiative Opening Doors: Fairfield County, CT; Opening Doors; Centers for Housing Opportunity
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Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
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Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
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Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation has been taking on tough problems for more than 50 years, to improve the quality-of-life in Northwest CT by supporting nonprofits that speak to the charitable passions of our generous donors.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity: Litchfield County, CT; Opening Doors: Northwest CT; Centers for Housing Opportunity; Opening Doors
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Partnership for Strong Communities promotes equitable change in Connecticut housing policy by coordinating advocacy, advancing research, and uniting diverse partners.

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Regional Plan Association (RPA) is an independent non-profit civic organization that develops and promotes ideas to improve the economic health, environmental resiliency, and quality of life of the New York metropolitan area. RPA conducts research on the environment, land use, and good governance, and advises cities, communities, and public agencies.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity: Fairfield County, CT; Centers for Housing Opportunity
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Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
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Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
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Initiative Opening Doors: Fairfield County, CT; Opening Doors; Centers for Housing Opportunity
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Initiative Opening Doors: Northwest CT; Opening Doors; Centers for Housing Opportunity
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Initiative The Housing Collective; Centers for Housing Opportunity
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Initiative Centers for Housing Equity & Opportunity: Eastern CT; Centers for Housing Opportunity
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The Urban Institute is a nonprofit research organization that provides data and evidence to help advance upward mobility and equity. We are a trusted source for changemakers who seek to strengthen decisionmaking, create inclusive economic growth, and improve the well-being of families and communities. For more than 50 years, Urban has delivered facts that inspire solutions—and this remains our charge today.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
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Initiative Opening Doors: Northwest CT; Opening Doors; Centers for Housing Opportunity
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Initiative The Housing Collective; Centers for Housing Opportunity
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You know what needs to change. We can help you make it happen.

The Center for Housing Opportunity convenes a vast partner network of engaged residents and organizations to work towards a better housing future in Connecticut. Join our efforts to preserve, produce, and protect housing that is affordable for all.