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Local & Regional Housing Resources

Below is a list of contact information and website links for the local and regional housing organizations in your town. To find out more and to learn how you can support them in their efforts, please visit their websites or call them.

Local Housing Nonprofit Organizations:

Cornwall Housing Corporation
Contact: Maggie Cooley 860.672.6251

Foundation for Norfolk Living
Contact: Lou Barbagallo 860.542.5395

Goshen Housing Trust, Inc.
Contact: Chris Sanders 860.307.1122
www.GoshenHousingTrust.org

Habitat for Humanity (NW CT chapter)
Contact: Heather Dinneen 860.435.4747
www.habitatnwct.org

Kent Affordable Housing
Contact: Bill Bachrach 860.927.3321

Salisbury Housing Committee
Sarum Village and Faith House
Contact: Frank Catuccio, Site manager 860.435.0049

Salisbury Housing Trust
Contact: Leo Gafney 860.435.2173
www.salisburyhousingtrust.org

Sharon Housing Trust, Inc.
Contact: Melinda Sweet 860.364.0028
www.sharonhousingtrust.org

Sharon Housing Authority
Sharon Ridge
Contact: Property Manager, SharonRidgeApts@yahoo.com

Tyringham Housing Association
Contact: Terry McIntosh 413.243.0459

Affordable Housing Committee of Williamstown
Contact: Charles Monetti 413.496.6211
http://williamstown.ws

Regional Nonprofit Housing Developers:

Berkshire Housing
Contact: Elton O. Ogden, President 413.499.1630, x105
www.berkshirehousing.com

Community Development Corporation of South Berkshire
Great Barrington, MA
Contact: Tim Geller, Executive Director 413.528.7788
www.cdcsb.org

Construct, Inc
Contact: Cara Davis, Executive Director 413.528.1985
www.constructinc.org

Free Legal Clinic of South Berkshire County
Contact: Eve Schatz, Executive Director 413.854.1955
www.communityhealthprograms.org

Housing Resources of Columbia County, Inc.
Hudson, NY
Contact: Stephanie Lane, Executive Director 518.822.0707

Husdon River Housing, Inc.
Poughkeepsie, NY
Contact: Mary Linge, Director of HomeOwnership & Education(845) 454-9288
www.hudsonriverhousing.org

Women’s Institute of Housing & Economic Development
Middletown, CT
Contact: Mollye Wolahan, Deputy Director-Housing 1-800-720-1195
www.wihed.org

USDA Contacts:

CONNECTICUT:

Windsor Service Center
100 Northfield Drive, 4th floor
Windsor, CT 06095-4729

Mary Grasso, Area Director
Phone: (860)688-7725 Ext. 4
FAX: (860)688-7979
Email: mary.grasso@ct.usda.gov

Tolland, Middlesex, Hartford, Litchfield, New Haven and Fairfield Counties
Office Hours: 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday

MASSACHUSETTS:

USDA Rural Development
451 West St
Amherst, MA 01002

Mr. Jonathan Healy, State Director
jay.healy@ma.usda.gov
(413) 253-4300

Leonard J. Shuzdak, Jr., Area Director
(413) 585-1000

NEW YORK:

USDA/Rural Development serving Columbia and Dutchess, NY counties
Suite 104, 1st Floor, 225 Dolson Avenue
Middletown, NY 10940-6569

Ronda Falkena, Area Manager
Georg Popp, Senior level Specialist
Phone (845)-343-1872 ext. 4

For more information, contact Jocelyn Ayer, of HousingUs, at 413.229.0370 x105 or jayer@housingus.org