HomeWork

HOME WORK - The Quiet Success Story of Affordable Housing in Connecticut

Published by Connecticut Housing Coalition and The Melville Charitable Trust. Edited by Kitty C. Benedict. Photographs by Christopher Little.

Come share in the quiet success stories of affordable housing in Connecticut. The book Home Work profiles fifteen affordable housing sites-just a sampling of hundreds like them across the state. Through Home Work you will witness lives made safe and stable, and structures of quality design, soundly built and sheltering. You will see people joining together in the sweaty, noble act of building houses, creating homes, revitalizing communities, and helping neighbors. The success of nonprofit-sponsored housing often goes unnoticed, for this housing is intended to fit comfortably into the texture of its neighborhood. Home Work is a powerful tool to de-bunk negative stereotypes about affordable housing and to win support in your local community. It's time to proclaim the good news; it's time for Home Work.

Included in the book are profiles of:
Bread & Roses, Redding; Casa Otonal, New Haven;
Cobbs Mill Crossing, Glastonbury; Colony Apartments, Stamford; Flagg Road, West Hartford; Habitat for Humanity, Cornwall & Salisbury; Harrington Place, Hartford; HOPE, Inc. Scattered Sites, New London;
Hubbard Woods, Guilford; Liberty Commons, Middletown; Old Farm Ridge, Waterbury; Parkside Gables, Stamford; Tannery Brook, Litchfield; Thames River Family Program, Norwich; Wyllys/Lisbon Co-op, Hartford.

How to Get Copies of Home Work:
· Become a member of the Connecticut Housing Coalition. Every new member may request a complimentary copy. (click here for a membership form)
· Purchase copies @ $10.

For more information:
Connecticut Housing Coalition
30 Jordan Lane, Wethersfield, CT 06109
voice: 860/563-2943
fax: 860/529-5176
info@ct-housing.org