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Awards

  • Architectural Award for main office
  • Award for BYTE (Building Young Technology Experts)
  • Curb Award for Roodner Court
  • National Award of Excellence from NAHRO (National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials) for the Youth Literacy Program
  • National Award of Excellence from NAHRO (National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials) for the Scholarship Program
  • Award of Excellence in Resident & Client Services, Youth Program, NHA Work Study Program from New England Regional Council of National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
  • Award from Norwalk Reads
  • Family Strengthening Award from the Family & Children's Agency
  • Most Improved Housing Authority Housing Authority Insurance Group
  • Jeffrey Wallace Award from the Connecticut Community Development Association
  • M. Justin Herman Award from NAHRO (National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials) for achieving and setting the highest standards in the industry
  • National Award of Merit from NAHRO (National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials) for Program Innovation - Resident and Client Services
  • Norman Leeds Award for Excellence in Furthering United Way's Family Financial Stability Work
  • Award of Merit from New England Regional Council of National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials for spearheading the development of Norwalk Reads!
  • Reading Is Fundamental Award - Top Ten Rated Programs out of 3,600 programs
  • Regional Award of Excellence from NAHRO for Youth Math Literacy Program
  • Roodner Court Playground used as model in National Landscape Structures publication
  • School Street Design Award
  • Stepping Up for Children Award - Stepping Stones Museum for Children 
  • The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, recognized the Norwalk Housing Foundation's College Scholarship Program as a Top 25 program in this year's Innovations in American Government
  • Neighborhood Networks Certificate of Achievement "for helping to create a vibrant community that fosters economic opportunity and life-long learning."- U. S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development
  • Washington Village Site Renovation Award from Connecticut Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects

 

  • Since 2002 NHA has no Independent Public Accountant audit findings.
  • June 30, 2014, Norwalk Housing Authority and its co-applicant, the City of Norwalk received a HUD Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant to rebuild NHA's Washington Village development as mixed income housing and revitalize the surrounding neighborhood. This was one of four nationwide awards.