A Bridgeport nonprofit focused on affordable housing, credit repair and home ownership will hold an event this week in Stratford to helps residents achieve the American dream of buying a home.

Building Neighborhoods Together says the free event will take place Thursday at Area Two at Two Roads.

They say it's a time for interested residents to get serious about buying their own home.

"Finding that right person to work with, to find your home, is key, and finding that right bank is also key, and without BNT, we probably wouldn't have been able to do that," says homeowner Gerard Chappell.

"This is the reason why we do it, this is the reason why we get up every day and go to the office and really get this done, because of families like theirs" says Building Neighborhoods Together CEO Doris Latorre.