Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County and Town of Fairfield to Join for Groundbreaking Ceremony to Celebrate First-Ever Partnership to Create Affordable Homeownership Opportunities in Fairfield, CT

September 05, 2023

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Josue Jorge, Director of Communications and Volunteer Services
203-333-2642 ext. 102; 475-422-4444
jjorge@habitatcfc.org

Fairfield, CT – Carolyn Vermont; CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County, is excited to join First Selectwoman Brenda Kupchick and Mark S. Barnhart; Director of Community and Economic Development, to break ground on the first-ever partnership between Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County and the Town of Fairfield. Habitat CFC will build four affordable homes on town-owned property on Greenfield Street.

WHO:
Carolyn Vermont; CEO of Habitat CFC, Kevin Moore; COO, Habitat CFC Board of Directors, First Selectwoman Brenda Kupchick, Mark S. Barnhart; Director of Community & Economic Development and community members

WHAT:

Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County and Town of Fairfield representatives will join community members for a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate its partnership, share timeline details, and begin construction of four affordable homes in Fairfield, CT. More info

WHEN:

Thursday, September 7, 2023 at 4:30 PM

WHERE:

240-246 Greenfield Street, Fairfield, CT 06825 (parking available at 160 Greenfield Street)

WHY:

The Greenfield Street development will be the first project undertaken by Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County in the Town of Fairfield.  While Habitat has had great success in creating affordable home ownership units elsewhere within Fairfield County, the organization has not been able to identify similar opportunities within the Town of Fairfield — until now.  The Town of Fairfield is partnering with Habitat CFC by purchasing the land and providing the organization with a no-cost, 75-year, renewable ground lease to develop four new affordable home ownership units in Fairfield, where the median sales price of a single-family home exceeded $800,000 in 2022.  The Town and Habitat CFC are hopeful that this project will serve as a model that can be replicated elsewhere within Fairfield, adding to the Town’s current inventory of 625 affordable housing units.