DUE TO EXCESSIVE WAIT TIMES, OUR WAITING LIST WILL BE CLOSED AS OF JANUARY 1, 2024 UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
COMPLETED APPLICATIONS WILL BE PROCESED IF RECEIVED OR POSTMARKED BY 11:59 PM ON DECEMBER 31, 2023.
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About Us"The mission of The Greater Bridgeport Jewish Housing Corp. is to provide senior citizens, aged 62 and older, who meet federal HUD Section 8 requirements, with a high quality, secure, and affordable residence offering social service facilitation on site and activities appropriate to the residents; all based upon Jewish values and traditions."
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Who We Are
Seymour I. Hollander Apartments, commonly referred to as "The Hollander House", is independently owned and managed by the faith-based Greater Bridgeport Jewish Housing Corp. We are an Equal Housing Opportunity Provider, non-profit, and non-denominational.
Hollander House residents are active within the community and are encouraged to have a good quality of life. It is the management’s goal to make this housing community the best home it can be for every resident.
Hollander House residents are active within the community and are encouraged to have a good quality of life. It is the management’s goal to make this housing community the best home it can be for every resident.
Our History
In the late 1970s, the UJA/Federation of Eastern Fairfield County (now known as Federation for Jewish Philanthropy of Upper Fairfield County) did a needs assessment survey to learn the needs of the Jewish community of the greater Bridgeport area. Among the most pressing issues was affordable housing for the elderly. Thus was created a committee to study and build affordable apartments. As the committee proceeded, the members learned that the cost to build such a facility would be prohibitive. Read more...
"The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, or financing of housing on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. Connecticut law also prohibits discrimination in all of the above categories plus these categories: lawful source of income, marital status, sexual orientation, use of a guide dog, and age."
"We are pledged to the letter and spirit of U.S. policy for the achievement of equal housing opportunity throughout the nation. We encourage and support an affirmative advertising and marketing program in which there are no barriers to obtaining housing because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin."
"We are pledged to the letter and spirit of U.S. policy for the achievement of equal housing opportunity throughout the nation. We encourage and support an affirmative advertising and marketing program in which there are no barriers to obtaining housing because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin."
