When President Richard C. Levin first announced Yale’s groundbreaking New Haven Homebuyer Program for University faculty and staff on April 20, 1994, he was asked by a reporter, “What is the limit on the number of participants?”
“There is no limit,” Levin responded, signaling Yale’s ongoing commitment to its hometown. Aimed at strengthening neighborhoods, the Homebuyer Program was one of the first programs Levin launched as part of Yale’s community investment program with New Haven. In the years since, major initiatives with the public schools and for economic development have also grown.
The Yale Homebuyer Program marked a major milestone in 2011, surpassing 1,000 Yale employees who have bought homes in New Haven with University support. To date, there have been 1,013 participants.
Yale Homebuyer Program: 1,000 and counting
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1 / 7President Richard C. Levin joins with Yale colleagues who are among the most recent homebuyers in New Haven. Pictured are (from left) Alicia Van Campen, Brian Kiss, Robert Bienstock, Renee Reed, Lawrence Firantello, Levin, Francoise Schneider, and Raymond Chambers. -
2 / 7One of the most recent participant in the Yale Homebuyer Program is Clara Lindsey, who works in the Yale Cancer Center. She purchased a home in the Beaver Hills neighborhood. -
3 / 7Langdon Hammer, professor of English and a Yale homebuyer since 2007, is pictured with his wife and son enjoys living in Wooster Square. -
4 / 7Rachel Futrell-Thomas, senior administrative assistant at the Animal Resources Center, is one of many homebuyers who have purchased homes in the Dixwell neighborhood. -
5 / 7Alicia Van Campen works in the Yale University Art Gallery and is a recent Yale homebuyer who lives in Fair Haven. -
6 / 7Robert Bienstock, associate general counsel at Yale — pictured with his husband, Omar — is among the many Yale homebuyers in New Haven's Beaver Hills neighborhood. -
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