M&T Bank announces grants for several affordable housing nonprofits

Housing Development Fund to help facilitate its mission of developing affordable housing and assisting first-time homebuyers with free counseling and unique lending products.

Fairfield County Funders Collaborative for Affordable Housing, which supports nonprofit developers committed to increasing the availability and variety of quality accessible housing options in the county; the Bridgeport Neighborhood Trust, which focuses on lead remediation and providing comprehensive homeownership for low-and moderate-income families; and Stamford”™s New Neighborhoods, which seeks to create sustainable communities by developing, redeveloping, and preserving quality housing that strengthens low- and moderate-income families.

Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County; the Women”™s Business Development Council, headquartered in Stamford; and The WorkPlace, the Bridgeport-headquartered job development and training center.