MHA's mission is to create and sustain housing, revitalize neighborhoods, and enhance the quality of life for low and moderate income residents of Fairfield County.
Since its founding in 1990, MHA has grown to become one of Fairfield County's most active non-profit providers of affordable housing and housing services. MHA developments and programs have produced over $100 million in community investment and provide safe, secure, affordable housing to more than 1,000 Fairfield County residents.
- MHA has completed or acquired 473 affordable housing units in development in Fairfield County. Our projects currently represent a range of affordable housing opportunities, including condominium developments and affordable rental, senior and supportive housing for people with special needs. MHA has a presence in Bridgeport, Norwalk, Fairfield, Stamford and Trumbull with developments planned in Darien and Wilton.
- To date, MHA has assisted over 2,200 clients with homebuyer education and created 248 successful new homebuyers in Fairfield County. During 2008-09, MHA assisted over 500 homeowners with foreclosure prevention counseling assistance.
- MHA provides quality property management services to 419 units of affordable housing with over 1,000 residents. All of our units are affordable, with residents paying 25-50% below the market rent.
- MHA created Connecticut’s first non-profit real estate brokerage, MHA Realty, to assist low and moderate-income buyers. Ninety seven houses have been sold through MHA Realty.
- MHA has leveraged its development capacity through successful collaborations with other non-profit developers and service providers in Fairfield County, including New Neighborhoods, Habitat for Humanity, Laurel House, Catholic Charities and Bridgeport Neighborhood Trust.
MHA has achieved these impacts in a region that presents immense barriers to new housing development – high costs, restrictive land use policies, and very limited state resources – and daily challenges to those most in need. The ability of MHA to grow and to provide services to those most in need in this most difficult environment, exemplifies excellence in the field of community development.
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MHASWCT Timeline and Milestones
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Date
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Units
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Programs and Other Key Milestones
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1990
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MHA Incorporated
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1990
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MHA Incorporated
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1991
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69
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Parkside Gables Completed in Stamford
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1996
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117
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Trinity Park Completed in Stamford
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1997
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149
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Maplewood Court Completed in Bridgeport
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1998
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193
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Yale Street Commons Completed in Bridgeport
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Property Management Business Begins
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1999
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Homebuyer Education Classes Begins
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2001
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MHA Merges with Bridgeport Neighborhood and Commercial Services. Bridgeport loan fund added
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2002
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236
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Trumbull Townhomes Completed – MHA’s 1st Homeownership Development
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2003
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255
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MHA Acquires Fairfield Avenue Properties creates “Fairfield Commons” – MHA’s 1st Supportive Housing development
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MHA Realty begins
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261
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MHA Merges with Norwalk Neighborhood Housing Services. Norwalk Loan fund and Woodward Cliffs added
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2004
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280
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West Side Commons Completed
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401
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Friendship House purchased with New Neighborhoods, Inc.
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411
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Homeownership Projects Completed in Stamford and Bridgeport
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2006
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451
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Huntington Place Completed in Trumbull – MHA”s 1st Senior Housing Development
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2007
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459
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Conger House Completed in Bridgeport
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2008
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469
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Greenfield Commons Completed in Fairfield
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