Elm City Communities
Shenae Draughn,
Interim President
360 Orange Street
New Haven, CT
(203) 498-8800
(203) 497-9259
By The numbers
Public Housing Units 1393
Vouchers 5712
Total Units 7105
Latest News
5.2.22
Members Making News
CLPHA to Highlight Finalists at Housing Is Summit May 18-19
The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR) and the National Civic League recently announced the 2022 All-America City (AAC) Award finalists. This year, the AAC Award will recognize communities that are committed to improving the...
4.6.22
Members Making News, Membership Spotlight
In February 2022, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced the appointment of CLPHA Board Member Dr. Karen DuBois-Walton, President of Elm City Communities (the Housing Authority of New Haven), to serve as chairperson of the Connecticut State Board of Education. Dr. DuBois-Walton has served as a...
3.4.22
Members Making News
From Public News Service:
A new alliance has formed to address Connecticut's affordable housing crisis, with a focus on its urban centers.
"Growing Together Connecticut" is a multi-year effort to pass housing laws and reforms that confront discriminatory policies, like redlining, that have led to...
3.4.22
Members Making News
From the New Haven Register:
The campaign over the state’s need for affordable housing and the power of mostly white suburban enclaves in one of the country’s most-segregated states was renewed in the General Assembly on Tuesday, when lawmakers heard public testimony on a variety of bills,...
2.9.22
Members Making News
Last week, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced that he is appointing CLPHA Board Member Dr. Karen DuBois-Walton of New Haven to serve as chairperson of the Connecticut State Board of Education. CLPHA congratulates Dr. DuBois-Walton on this prestigious appointment!
Dr. DuBois-Walton has...
1.26.22
Members Making News, Awards/Grants
In November 2020, the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA) was awarded a grant from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy to help our public housing authority (PHA) members better protect and serve vulnerable populations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
CLPHA conducted a competitive...
2.24.21
Members Making News
From Elm City Communities President Karen DuBois-Walton's op-ed in The CT Mirror:
We know the numbers. The need is clear.
Connecticut, like the nation, has been in the midst of a housing crisis –a crisis that predates the COVID-19 pandemic but has been exacerbated by it.
...
At Elm...
2.9.21
Awards/Grants, Press Release
Grants will help PHA residents with immediate and locally defined needs exacerbated by COVID-19
Washington, D.C. (February 9, 2021) -- The Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA) is pleased to announce the ten recipients of its COVID Resident Support Grants. The...
1.13.21
Members Making News
From WSHU Public Radio:
Housing advocates broke ground on a 20-bed temporary shelter for homeless youth in New Haven, Connecticut.
The $4 million project will be the first student-run overnight program in Connecticut. The student leadership development group Y2Y will operate the facility,...
12.16.20
Members Making News
New Effort Pairs Educators and Housing Advocates to Tackle School Segregation (Elm City Communities)
From The 74:
Seeing how 2020 has become the year of highly unlikely events actually happening, Karen DuBois-Walton, president of the Housing Authority of New Haven in Connecticut, would like to put one more on the table: school integration.
After all, she notes, protests following the police...
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