When 50-year-old Bronx-born Jasmine Williams was looking for a new apartment in 2014, she found one in New Rochelle Public Housing. She and her daughter moved in and, at first, …
The Bridge Fund helps three generations through a difficult time … A Family Moving Forward After Traumatic Fire
The Smith Roberts family – John, Chantel and their two children – had been living in the same building in Yonkers for 12 years. Their extended family, including Chantel’s mother, …
A Couple Coping with Disability are Saved from Losing their Home
Edwin Chabot, a Bronx native, has worked as a stagehand and lighting designer for events and shows for over 10 years. He and his wife Eve live in Yonkers. Eve …
A New Home is a New Start
Kemi Pogue lived in Ossining with her two sons, where she shared a home with her sister’s family of three, and they divided expenses. She worked in human services as …
Heat and Hot Water are Not Too Much to Ask!
The Griffin household in Mount Vernon is large and multi-generational. Robert Griffin is a security guard, his wife Janet, a homemaker, nineteen-year-old twins Jerry and Raquel are finishing high school …
The Bridge Fund and a Landlord Work Together to Avoid Eviction
Donni Smith, a self-described Jamaican-Italian-American, loves her apartment in Yonkers, where she’s lived for almost 11 years. “My neighborhood has all races and all are just above the poverty line,” …
A Family Keeps the Only Home the Children Have Ever Known
Soledad and Pedro Ramirez have three children: Candy, 14, Stephanie, 13 and Alfredo, 11. The family of five has lived in the same house in New Rochelle for 13 years, …
An Anchor in Uncertain Times
Shelly Peyton, a 63-year-old woman who lives in Mount Vernon, is employed as a Patient Service Representative in a local hospital. Despite being employed, unforeseen medical bills caused her to …
A Place to Call Home
“Public parking garages often served as the ultimate place to sleep, to shelter from poor weather, were perfect for hiding from overly critical community members, and allowed for a somewhat …
A Large Family Makes It Work
A referral to The Bridge Fund sets things right. Meet the Diaz family: mom Paola, dad Emiliano and their four children. The kids—two daughters, Patricia 15 and Pamela 8, and …