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In The News
Mar 06, 2024
A law passed more than 30 years ago to increase affordable housing across the state is increasingly coming under fire from those who claim it has failed to prevent the state’s current housing crisis. The Housing Committee heard public testimony Tuesday on a bill that calls for the Housing Commissioner...
Mar 05, 2024
Housing Committee members heard familiar arguments Tuesday on a wide-ranging bill that aims to increase affordable housing supply in Connecticut. While opponents argued for local control and less density, advocates spoke about a need to alleviate the fallout from the affordable housing crisis. Senate Bill 6, the Senate Democrats’ priority...
Worth Reading
Mar 27, 2024
Connecticut is home to some of the nation's starkest inequality between neighboring school districts, new data shows. As part of a project examining disparities in education, the Washington D.C.-based think tank New America analyzed thousands of adjacent school systems across the U.S., comparing the median household income of one district...
Feb 21, 2024
For the first time, the Housing Authority of New Haven is providing site-based housing vouchers outside of the Elm City itself, covering 40 low-income apartments in the town of Branford. As housing advocates continue to push for a state bill that would allow local public housing agencies to build apartments...
