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The Bridgeport Housing Authority is committed to advancing the progress and well-being of the City of Bridgeport by developing, owning, funding, managing, subsidizing, and otherwise providing low income and affordable housing for persons of low and moderate income who reside in the City of Bridgeport. Not just a provider of shelter BHA shall seek, through programs and coalitions with others, to move residents from more deeply subsidized low-income public housing units to less deeply subsidized affordable rental or homeownership units - from dependency to independence. BHA will work with the State of Connecticut and with surrounding communities to ensure that those communities provide affordable housing resources to their own residents, so that BHA can focus on the needs of Bridgeport residents. The housing units that BHA develops, owns, funds, manages, or subsidizes shall be attractive, well managed, and provide safe and secure living environments to residents of these properties and their neighbors. BHA shall conduct all of its activities with professionalism and high standards of ethical behavior, upholding the principles of A.C.T. - accountability, communication and transparency - in its policies, rules and operating procedures.
National Equity Fund, Inc., based in Chicago, is a leading nonprofit investor in affordable housing and one of the nation`s largest syndicators of federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits. Since 1987, NEF has invested nearly $17 billion in 2,800 developments, supporting more than 187,000 affordable homes and fueling more than 228,400 jobs nationwide. NEF is an affiliate of the nonprofit Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and has made more than $180 million in grants to support LISC`s broad-based community investment efforts throughout the country.
Forgotten Harvest was formed in 1990 to fight two problems: hunger and waste. Forgotten Harvest “rescued” 41.5 million pounds of food last year by collecting surplus prepared and perishable food from 800 sources, including grocery stores, fruit and vegetable markets, restaurants, caterers, dairies, farmers, wholesale food distributors and other Health Department-approved sources. This donated food, which would otherwise go to waste, is delivered free-of-charge to more than 280 emergency food providers in the Metro Detroit area.
The Southern Regional Education Board, headquartered in Atlanta, was created in 1948 by Southern governors and legislatures to help leaders in education and government work cooperatively to advance education and improve the social and economic life of
Goodwill`s mission is help individuals with barriers to self-sufficiency to achieve independence and dignity through work. Not charity, but a chance. When you donate, you support Goodwill`s job training, career services, and youth programs. Goodwill was named a top 100 woman-led business in 2014 by The Boston Globe Magazine and The Commonwealth Institute.