State Bonding Commission met to consider funding for several housing projects

07/24/1992 |

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State Bond Commission met and approved $5.7 million for projects in Hartford and $1.1 million for a project in Windsor.

The bond commission approved $1.5 million for the rehabilitation of the Mansion House.
The plan for the rehabilitation was to subdivide the house into 35 single-room units.
The project was intended to “help the frail, elderly homeless – people who can take care of most of their own needs but need regular meals and companionship.”
The project was expected to take a year to complete.

The bond commission also approved funding for these additional projects:

$1.2 million for the Bristol, 865 Broad Street, to be rehabilitated as 15 efficiency units by Broad-Park Development Corporation
$3 million for the Neighborhood Development Initiative, which focused on Blue Hills Avenue, Franklin Avenue, North Main Street, and Park Street, all in Hartford.
$1.1 million for low-interest loans to property owners to rehabilitate 24 “deficient housing units” in Windsor.

The Mansion House was located at 847 Asylum Avenue.

The Mansion House project solicited bids for environmental remediation on May 15, 1992.

The article reported that the “Victorian mansion” was once the home of “manufacturer Linus E. Plimpton.”

According to John Ferrucci, “It’s really modeled after the old boardinghouses.”

The Hartford Coalition for Emergency Shelter was affiliated with the South Park Inn.
John Ferrucci worked for the Hartford Coalition for Emergency Shelter.

Seline, Anita M. “Bond money approved to restore housing for city’s homeless,” Hartford Courant, July 25, 1992, page D3H.

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