Suffield Gets Large Grant For Housing Rehabilitation

SUFFIELD, CT — Suffield is one of 16 Connecticut communities that will be awarded a total of $10.5 million to provide infrastructure upgrades and improvements with the goal of combating blight, improving neighborhoods, and increasing economic development.

Awarded through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Small Cities program, which is administered by the Connecticut Department of Housing with funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the grants are given to small towns that have a population below 50,000 residents and will advance projects that develop and preserve affordable housing, provide services to the most vulnerable residents in their communities, and also create and retain jobs.

“These projects will help so many local communities increase quality of life and make our state an even more attractive place to live, work and do business,” Governor Dannel Malloy said. “These are investments in our neighborhoods, in the people who live here, and in our economic future.”

Suffield will receive $800,000 to renovate Broder Place, Maple Court, and Laurel Court. In total, all three developments consist of 70 rental housing units for seniors and the disabled population. Renovations will include installation of walk-in showers and automatic humidistats for the bathroom vents, replacement of water heaters, kitchen replacements at Laurel Court, and installation of handicapped accessible ramps at Broder Place.

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