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I N S I D E
T H I S I S S U E :
Meeting with
Congressman
Himes
1
Fairfield Com-
mons II Ground-
breaking Cere-
mony
2
Giving Day Re-
sults
2
MHA Volunteer
Program
3
OSHA 3
Business EXPO 4
MHA New Hires & Promo-tions Quick Reminders
4 4
MUTUAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION
OF SOUTHWESTERN CT S P R I N G 2 0 1 7 N E W S L E T T E R
S P E C I A L
P O I N T S O F I N -
T E R E S T :
NEW
Volunteer Pro-
gram
Giving Day
Results
Quick
Reminders!
MHA hosted a meeting with Congressman Jim Himes to express concerns over proposed 2017 budget cuts. Funds proposed for elimination directly support affordable housing and some of the line items high-lighted for budget elimina-tion are Section 4, HOME, CDBG, Neighborworks and CDFI funds. Renée Dobos, CEO, Mutual Housing Asso-ciation of Southwestern Connecticut (MHA), ex-plained to Congressman Himes the negative impact to the organization if these cuts become a reality. Not only would the organi-zation suffer but MHA’s ability to continue plac-ing affordable housing stock into the commu-nity would suffer. Statistics on lo-cal constituent income was shared to show Congressman Himes the large impact these
cuts to development fund-ing were very concern-ing. Sherylyn Garner from BNT reiterated the concerns over elimination of funding. She urged that the Federal Government continue to work with the housing de-velopment community. Con-gressman Himes under-stands the need and is com-mitted to working towards a budget that does not impact
affordable housing in such a critical way. He also stat-ed that there will be pressure in all aspects of the budget process over the next few years. MHA plans to reach out to Senators Blumen-thal and Murphy to share the same data and concerns.
cuts would have on communities. MHA also invited Bridgeport Neighborhood Trust [BNT], and Habitat for Humanity, Coastal Fair-field County [HH] to come express their con-cerns over the proposed budget cuts. Stuart Ad-elberg, CEO, HH, stated that future development would be impacted by lack of funding and that the pro-posed budget
Congressman Himes comes to MHA
P A G E 2
community. Our goal is to purchase a bus by the end of the 2nd quarter. We will have an event to reveal the MHA bus once it has been acquired and the sponsor’s placard is in place. We will keep you posted on our progress, and we will send out an invitation for the exciting bus reveal and ribbon cutting ceremony.
Thank you to all who donat-ed during Fairfield County Giving Day in March. Mutual Housing Association of Southwestern Connecticut (MHA) raised over $7,200-- and the event raised nearly $1,450,000 for Fairfield County-based non-profits! A special thank you to Haynes Construction for their dona-tion of $5,000 and for being
our bus sponsor. We will proudly display “This bus made possible by Haynes
Construction” logo on the bus once it has been purchased. MHA has been actively searching for a bus to help our residents re-main actively in-volved in the
Our Residents Thank you!!
On Tuesday, April 18, 2017 MHA celebrated another achievement with the Fair-field Commons II Ground-breaking Ceremony in Stam-ford CT. This will complete the last phase of their Fair-
and Charter Oak Communi-ties provide MHA communi-ties with supportive ser-vices needed to ensure suc-cessful outcomes for home-lessness, substance abuse and mental health counsel-ing. Stamford’s Mayor Da-vid Martin was a keynote speaker at the ground-breaking ceremony. He thanked MHA for providing affordable housing and for working with agencies that transition individuals from homelessness to independ-ent living.
field Com-mons revital-ization pro-ject. Fairfield Commons II, will consist of 6 one-bedroom supportive
housing units funded by DOH and City of Stamford. The addition of the six units will complete the campus of 31 units of supportive housing. Laurel House, Supportive Housing Works
Fairfield Commons II Groundbreaking Ceremony
“Life’s
most
urgent
question is:
What are
you doing
for others?
“ - Martin
Luther
King Jr.
Announcing MHA Volunteer Program
M U T U A L H O U S I N G A S S O C I A T I O N
We are pleased to announce the MHA Volun-teer Program. Many of our residents and sup-porters in the community have been asking us about our volunteer services, so it is here at last!! It is easy to become a volunteer, and any-one over the age of 12 can volunteer at any of our locations. The sign up process is simple and it starts with you completing an application and signing an insurance waiver. We have all types of programs that will be available so don’t be afraid to ask or even suggest a program that you think may be needed for our residential community. We are looking for residents and non-residents to volunteer. All we ask is that when
you do volunteer, you proudly wear our MHA Volunteer T-Shirts. Each volunteer will be given a T-Shirt to wear. Please see your Property Manager or our Resident Ser-vices Coordinator, Melody Gonzalez for an application and insurance waiver. You can also email [email protected] for more information or for an ap-plication. WE WANT YOU AS AN MHA VOLUNTEER!!
OSHA Certification MHA recently hosted an OSHA training session provided by Signal 54 [an OSHA
registered trainer] to ensure their property management and
maintenance staff are following the proper safety and health ad-
ministration guidelines. MHA collaborated with another housing
agency, Bridgeport Neighborhood Trust, to further educate
their staff in these vital areas. If there are any housing agencies
that would like to be part of an MHA hosted training session.
please email [email protected].
[Below and left an employees
from, MHA and Bridgeport Neigh-
borhood Trust, are shown the
proper way to use a fire extin-
guisher using the PASS tech-
nique . ]
P A G E 3
See your Property Manager about the opportunity to become
an MHA Board Member.
Mark your calendar for the Quarterly Meeting of the Association,
Norwalk City Hall, Norwalk CT, Room 231, April 26, 2017 at 6:30
P.M.
Mark your calendar for the Annual Meeting of the Association,
Wilton Commons, 21 Station Rd, Wilton CT, June 21, 2017 at 6:30
P.M.
Mark your calendar for the Quarterly Meeting of the Association,
Norwalk City Hall, Norwalk CT, Room 231, October 25, 2017 at
6:30 P.M.
Quick Reminders for Our Residents
Bridgeport Regional Business Council EXPO P A G E 4 N E W S L E T T E R
On March 16, 2017, MHA
attended Bridgeport Re-
gional Business Council
(BRBC) EXPO held at Nor-
walk Community College to
network with others in the
housing community. Renée
Dobos is a board member
for the Bridgeport Cham-
ber of Com-
merce, and
the Bridgeport
Chamber of
Commerce is a
member of
the BRBC.
Photo to the
right with
Renée Dobos, CEO, MHA and Wade
Rockwood, Director of Administration,
MHA proudly stand in
front of their MHA
banner greeting other
vendors and support-
ers in the community.
MHA was very
pleased with the
event and we were
able to network with
many companies who
want to partner with
rience. She has a degree
from Marymount Man-
hattan College in Commu-
nication. She has been cer-
tified in low income hous-
ing tax credit.
Congratulations to Kim-
berly Cadena. Kim was re-
cently promoted to Pro-
Please join us in
welcoming
Marissa Mais to
the MHA Team.
Marissa has ac-
cepted the Prop-
erty Manager
position for our
Stamford portfolio. Marissa comes to
us with property management expe-
MHA New Hires and Promotions ject Manager. In Kim’s new
role she has
been tasked to
further broad-
en the real es-
tate infrastruc-
ture of MHA.
Kim has her
Masters in City
and Regional
Planning from
Rutgers Univer-
sity.