The Housing Collective is a Backbone, Non-profit based in Bridgeport CT.
We strengthen Connecticut’s housing and homelessness systems by aligning Communities, Public Agencies, and Service Providers to coordinate, regional solutions.

MISSION 

To harnesses the power of collective impact to provide access to safe and affordable housing and ensure housing stability for all.

VISION

We envision a future where communities work collectively to ensure that safe, stable, and affordable housing becomes a steadfast reality for all.

VALUES

  • Collective Action
  • Integrity
  • Innovation
  • Oppertunity
  • Joy

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For 20 Years, we have served as a backbone organization, helping partners work across boundaries to reduce homelessness, expand access to affordable housing, and build systems that support long-term housing stability.

We partner with  200+ organizations to change the systems that make housing inaccessible, and ensure stable, affordable housing is available for all.

20 Days. Learning. Action.Giving.

June 20 - July 9

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OUR INITIATIVES.

Driving Housing Solutions Across Connecticut's Regions.

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Centers for Housing Opportunity.

Bringing togeather partners across sectors to produce preserve and protect housing.

Our Regions

  • Eastern CT
  • Fairfield County,
  • Litchfield County
Learn More About Centers For Housing Opportunity

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Opening Doors.

Managing homelessness response systems. 

Our Regions

  • Opening Doors Fairfield County 
  • Northwest Connecticut Coordinated Access Network 
Learn More About Opening Doors

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Housing Innovation Lab.

Designing solutions and innovative technology grounded in lived experience.

4 Core Pillars

  • Data
  • Inquiry
  • Lived Experience
  • Capacity Building
Learn More About the Housing Innovation Lab

OUR IMPACTS.

Real Impact. Real communities. Measureable Change.

Impact Metrics from 2025

ok 7.png1900+ residents engaged at events & convenings

- Centers for Housing Opportunity 

OK 4.png4,304 People Engaged 

through the homelessness response system.

- Opening Doors 

OK_1.png21 Trainings & Events Facilitated 

to frontline staff working within the homelessness response system.

- Opening Doors 

OK 5.png2,514 people housed

- Opening Doors 

ok 9.png35 public events hosted

-Centers for Housing Opportunity 

OK 6.png806 People Placed Into Stable Housing

through rapid rehousing and permanent housing programs.

- Opening Doors 

OK 2.png2,004 People Diverted From Homelessness.

- Opening Doors 

OK 3.png777 New Housing Units Supported.

- Centers for Housing Oppertunity

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-Center for Housing Oppertunity

KEY FINDINGS.

Insights from the Housing Innovation Lab

Data-Driven Findings from 2025

KEY FINDING #1

Connecticut’s homelessness response system depends on a workforce that is currently underpaid, overworked, and at high risk of turnover.

 

KEY FINDING #2

Staff remain deeply committed to the mission, but financial hardship and job strain are undermining retention and system capacity.

KEY FINDING #3

Strengthening compensation, working conditions, and training access is essential to sustaining progress toward ending homelessness.

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