News & Events

The Winter 2023 edition of our newsletter “HomePage” is out now! Every day at CommonBond, staff, residents, volunteers, and supporters are working together to improve our communities. This issue celebrates a $1 million grant that directly supports Wisconsin residents, our groundbreaking of The Lumin in December, the efforts of our… Read More

“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.”  –Audre Lorde  Origin and Why this Work is Important to our Organization  In 1971, social justice and racial reckonings sparked… Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE        Contact: Jordan Roman | 414-759-8120 | Jordan.Roman@commonbond.org CommonBond Communities receives $1 million grant from the Wisconsin Department of Administration to support Wisconsin residents with rental assistance  Milwaukee, WI – CommonBond Communities is proud to… Read More

CommonBond Communities begins construction on The Lumin, the first affordable housing development in Saint Paul’s Highland Bridge  If you are interested in living at The Lumin please visit www.theluminapartments.com or call 877-302-6228 CommonBond… Read More

The Fall 2022 edition of our newsletter “HomePage” is out now! In this month’s newsletter, we tell stories of resilience through residents who transitioned out of homelessness to live at a CommonBond community. We also highlight a CommonBond staff member who shares a personal connection to our work and celebrate… Read More

GivingTuesday in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, and across the globe, began in 2012, and returns on Tuesday, Nov. 29 for its 11th year. GivingTuesday provides a great opportunity for people to look past the usual Thanksgiving-related retail events — such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday — by donating… Read More

Give to the Max Day is a Minnesota-based, one-day initiative started by GiveMN in 2009 to help raise money for participating nonprofit organizations and schools. The event is held on a Thursday each November, with Give to the Max Day 2022 set to take place on Thursday, Nov. 17, with… Read More

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, 7.8 million people have fallen into poverty—the biggest jump in a single year since the government began tracking poverty 60 years ago. It’s easy to think about poverty as a national crisis that is bigger than you, but there… Read More

The August 2022 edition of our newsletter “HomePage” is out now! This month’s newsletter is all about community. We discuss the many ways in which residents take leadership in their communities and showcase our Arts & Aging and Health & Wellness programs, which play a huge role in fostering connection… Read More

At CommonBond, we are pleased to announce the recent closings of three exciting, new-construction properties on the horizon. A real estate closing occurs when all final due diligence has been complete, loan and equity documents are finalized, and the funding team authorizes funding. This is the point… Read More