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22 ■ JUNE 21, 2021 NEWS

Good Neighbors: The Hartford Gives $1M

to Affordable Housing Alliance

By Steve Hallo

Hartford City Hall
he Hartford is bestowing a $1 million grant have called home for more than 100 years,” Chris-
to the Northside Institutions Neighborhood topher Swift, The Hartford CEO and chairman, said
TAlliance to make homeownership more acces- in a release. “We are steadfast in our commitment
sible in the Asylum Hill neighborhood of Hartford, to addressing the critical needs of our neighbors by
Conn., which is where the company is headquar- advancing equal economic, educational and work-
tered. place opportunities. The success of this particular
In conjunction with other funding sources, in- partnership will be three-fold: to restore the his-
cluding from the Capital Region Development toric beauty of the neighborhood, reduce blight and
Authority as well as Connecticut’s Historic Home expand homeownership in Asylum Hill.”
Rehabilitation tax credits, the funding will be used NINA is reported to be using the funds to start
for the renovation of approximately 24 houses, ac- several construction projects this year as well as ac-
cording to the insurance company. The projects will celerate the finalization of several other projects in
include single-family and multi-unit dwellings. the coming five years. The organization’s mission
“The Hartford is proud to partner in the revital- is to rehabilitate blighted historic homes and con-
ization of the Asylum Hill neighborhood that we struct new dwellings that fit into the historic char-

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