Community Building & Organizing News

Honoring MLK Jr. Day Through Service and Action

"Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’" – Martin Luther...

NeighborWorks Week 2026

Jun 25, 2026 | Community Building & Organizing, NHS of New Haven Volunteers

NeighborWorks Week is always a reminder that strong neighborhoods are built through people showing up for one another,...

Construction Update: Progress Continues

Jun 24, 2026 | Housing

Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven is excited to share the latest progress on four housing development...

Thanks for an Amazing Great Give!

Jun 22, 2026 | Events, NHS of New Haven Supporters

Thank you to everyone who supported Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven during The Great Give 2026! Thanks to...

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

Nov 12, 2021 | Community Building & Organizing, Housing

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...

Data-backed Improvements

Nov 12, 2021 | Community Building & Organizing, HOC Lending, Housing, I Heart My Home CT

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,...

Rest easy with Project Lighten Up

Nov 12, 2021 | Community Building & Organizing, Housing

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...