Our History
Founded in 1982, My Sisters’ Place began as a shelter offering safety and refuge to single women and women with children who had no other place to turn. Over the years, the organization has expanded its services to include supportive and affordable housing, housing coordination and flexible assitance for families and individuals – making a lasting impact in Hartford neighborhoods.
In 2018, My Sisters’ Place and Mercy Housing & Shelter Corporation became seperate affiliates of Community Housing Advocates, Inc. (CHA). CHA was established to serve as the parent organization and provider of administrative services for both affiliates, while allowing each to maintain its own identity and nonprofit tax status.
Together, through CHA, we provide a wide range of transitional and supportive housing, housing coordination, and rapid re-housing services for women, children, and men throughout the Greater Hartford – collectively reaching and supporting more than 6,000 individuals and families each year.
- My Sisters’ Place has grown to include Beaumont Lofts, a 24-unit affordable and permanent supportive housing facility, which opened in June 2024. Beaumont Lofts and the Sue Ann Shay Place aopartment complex provide supportive housing for male and/or female headed households, while the Mary Seymour Place apartments are for single individuals.
- Through these sites and other related programs, My Sisters’ Place has helped more than 26,000 people in our community, providing them with shelter, food for themselves and their children, and services designed to get them back onto the road to independence, including medical care, management of financial affairs, and much more.
- Although the scope of our services has expanded over time, our mission remains the same as it was over three decades ago: to end homelessness by empowering people through new, innovative, cost-effective, and compassionate approaches.