Events

We celebrate our communities and efforts to revitalize some of New Haven’s most underserved neighborhoods.

Past Events

NeighborWorks Week 2025

by Lucy Marinelli | June 15, 2025 | Community Building & Organizing, Events, NHS of New Haven Volunteers | 0 Comments

Celebrating NeighborWorks Week in Newhallville NeighborWorks Week for June of 2025 was all about collaboration, community pride, and connection. KeyBank Volunteering in the Gardens We kicked...

A Season of Urban Organic Food Production

by Lucy Marinelli | October 22, 2024 | Community Building & Organizing, Newhallville, NHS of New Haven Volunteers | 0 Comments

Community Building and Organizing’s (CB&O) jam-packed summer of hosting various volunteer groups has extended into the fall with some great days of service! CB&O has been working with neighbors and resident-driven groups to welcome students to local community...

Commemorating 44 Years of Service to the Community

by Lucy Marinelli | October 6, 2023 | Community Building & Organizing, HOC Realty, Homeownership, Housing, Newhallville, NHS of New Haven Neighbors, NHS of New Haven Partners, NHS of New Haven Supporters, Real Estate Development, Resident Leadership Program, The HomeOwnership Center | 0 Comments

We were delighted to celebrate our 44th Annual Meeting on Monday, October 2nd. We have heard from many folks that this was our best annual meeting ever! Having the event at NXTHVN showcased this marvelous cultural facility in the Dixwell/Newhallville neighborhood. We...

The Important Role of NHS in Supporting Homeownership

by NHS Volunteer | December 20, 2022 | Community Building & Organizing, Community Sustainability, Homeownership, Housing, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Adequate housing is a human right that is fundamental to every person’s survival, development, and well-being. In the United States, however, housing rights are not guaranteed by law. There are mandates providing protection from housing discrimination, while the term...

Summer Intern Spotlight: Ian Boyce – The Summer You Want to Share with Everyone You Know

by Junyi Wang | August 29, 2022 | Community Building & Organizing, NHS of New Haven Volunteers | 0 Comments

This June, the Community Building & Organizing Department (CB&O) at Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven (NHS) welcomed a summer intern, Ian Boyce. Ian is a rising junior at the University of New Haven (UNH), where he studies Criminal Justice with a...

Long Term Newhallville Neighbor Bringing Training Center to Her Home Community

by Junyi Wang | July 5, 2022 | Community Building & Organizing, NHS of New Haven Neighbors | 0 Comments

Awesome neighbors like Ms. Kim Harris bring positive changes to the Newhallville community. A man walked past 326 Shelton Street and saw its door open. This place has been empty for a few years. "What is this place going to be?" the man asked. "A Training...

Yale Graduate’s First Individual Architectural Project Aims to Support the Newhallville Community

by Junyi Wang | May 31, 2022 | Community Building & Organizing, NHS of New Haven Neighbors, Real Estate Development | 0 Comments

Dominiq Oti graduated from Yale University with a Master's Degree in Architecture this May. A year ago, he heard about the Neighborhood Housing Center of New Haven (NHS) at Yale's career fair during the COVID pandemic. "I really admire NHS and their activities in the...

Our Donors: Fernando Pastor, Architect Envisioning a Sustainable & Eco-Friendly Community

by Junyi Wang | May 2, 2022 | Community Building & Organizing, NHS of New Haven Supporters, Resident Leadership Program | 0 Comments

Fernando Pastor is an architect who has lived in New Haven for 25 years. For him, the best thing about this community is its inclusiveness and diversity. “I came here from Argentina 25 years ago. This is a small town that has a lot of people from all over the world....

“I Want to Change the Whole World” – Eshe Ward Holds on to Her Dream Since Nine Years Old

by Junyi Wang | April 12, 2022 | Community Building & Organizing, Resident Leadership Program | 0 Comments

When Eshe Ward was 9 years old, a tragedy happened in her neighborhood. "I remember telling my mother that I'm going to change the whole world, and she looked back at me like it is impossible," Eshe recalled. "I looked down and cried, but I told her, 'I can try.'"...

Step by Step, From the Vulnerable to Change Makers

by Junyi Wang | March 23, 2022 | Community Building & Organizing, NHS of New Haven Neighbors, Resident Leadership Program | 0 Comments

Lorena Venegas has just turned 50. She feels grateful when she reflects on her journey that began in Chile with her family. She was born in the U.S. but went back to Chile because her parents' visas expired, and they were deported. After several years of struggling...

NHS works with Muralist Kwadwo Adae on new mural of groundbreaking figure in New Haven history

by Tebben Lopez | January 26, 2022 | Community Building & Organizing, Newhallville, NHS of New Haven Partners | 0 Comments

Director of Community Building & Organizing Stephen Cremin-Endes reflects on our history with Kwadwo: "I am not sure when I first met Kwadwo Adea or how but I remember a couple of things that struck me with Kwadwo from the very beginning and they remain to...

Doreen Abubakar, Resident Leader and NHS of New Haven Partner

by Tebben Lopez | January 18, 2022 | Community Building & Organizing, Community Sustainability, Newhallville, NHS of New Haven Partners, Resident Leadership Program | 0 Comments

Doreen Abubakar has a history with NHS and our staff dating back to the early 1990s when she and our Community Sustainability Director, Kathy Fay, were neighbors in the Dixwell neighborhood. They both worked on the Rainbow Recycling truck and even then, Doreen was...

DeTrashing in New Haven

by NHS Volunteer | November 22, 2021 | Community Building & Organizing, NHS of New Haven Volunteers | 0 Comments

NeighborWorks Week is coming up! As part of this week of volunteering and community events, we are asking everyone to clean up trash around their favorite places and post a picture of the trash they cleaned up on the reddit community DeTrashed. If you’re new to the...

NeighborWorks Week ’21

by NHS Volunteer | November 22, 2021 | Community Building & Organizing, Community Sustainability, NHS of New Haven Volunteers | 0 Comments

June 5 was the start of our annual NeighborWorks Week! This nationwide event promotes community engagement, togetherness, and volunteerism. For NeighborWorks Week we focused on beautifying the NHS campus in order to make it a more welcoming space for visitors. We...

New Haven Civic Innovation Prize just awarded $7000 to Project Lighten Up

by Tebben Lopez | November 12, 2021 | Community Building & Organizing, Housing | 0 Comments

It’s late at night. You’re at a street corner. In one direction, the sidewalk is lit. You see down the road, a porch light turns on at the other end of the block. In the other direction, the light closest to you is barely lit, mostly covered by an overgrown tree. You...

Data-backed Improvements

by Tebben Lopez | November 12, 2021 | Community Building & Organizing, HOC Lending, Housing, I Heart My Home CT | 0 Comments

Working with our new company, HOC Lending, we provide relief services to homeowners identified by a current NHS data project. Headed by our Community Building & Organizing (CB&O) department, our focus has been to identify homeowners throughout Newhallville and...

Rest easy with Project Lighten Up

by Tebben Lopez | November 12, 2021 | Community Building & Organizing, Housing | 0 Comments

The Project Lighten Up initiative seeks to use the installation of lights as a means to improve perceptions of safety and as a tool to help reduce certain rates of crime in the Newhallville neighborhood. It is part of the larger approach of Crime Prevention Through...

45th Annual Meeting

Thank you to those who joined us for our 45th Annual Meeting of NHS of New Haven! This in-person event was held at Hotel Marcel, located at 500 Sargent Drive, New Haven, CT 06511. We are thrilled to have had the opportunity to gather together and celebrate 45 successful years of serving our community.

Read our 2023 - 2024 Annual Report

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Be a part of Greater New Haven’s day of giving – an opportunity to unite our community around causes in which we truly believe and help nonprofit organizations connect to the larger community.

Supporters like you are essential amidst the unprecedented economic challenges that low and moderate-income families are facing in New Haven.On May 1-2, visit thegreatgive.org by clicking the button below to help us empower families! All giving will end at 8:00 PM on May 2, so make sure to get your gift in on time!

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44th Annual Meeting

We were delighted to celebrate our 44th Annual Meeting on Monday, October 2nd. We have heard from many folks that this was our best annual meeting ever! Having the event at NXTHVN allowed us to showcase this marvelous cultural facility in the Dixwell/Newhallville neighborhood. We were grateful to have local artists joining us in celebrating the arts and our community together.

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A HUGE thank you to the talented artists that joined us on Monday and generously agreed to donate 15% of their profits to our cause!

Thank you to Jasmine Nikole, Akosua Aidoo, Marquis Brantley, and Wanda Cortes-Reyes!

Congratulations to our wonderful award recipients! Ojay Lewis, an NHS Homebuyer, received the Housing Advocacy Champion Award. Reinaldo Cruz III, from EMERGE Connecticut, received the Outstanding Service Partner Award. Tenée Mack, from Operation Fuel received the Exceptional Sustainability Partner Award. Kwadwo Adae, Artist, received the Incredible Resident Leader Award. Congratulations to our awardees!