OCA is looking for fair housing testers, where we help ensure that fair housing laws are being followed in Connecticut. Our next information session will be held on July 21. Interested people can learn how to become a tester, what the work entails, and why it’s so important for our state. We’re looking for people who are dependable, impartial, able to work independently, and have a few hours of flexibility during business hours.
Open Communities Alliance is a civil rights organization that works to redress generations of discriminatory actions and policies based on race, ethnicity, and income to create open and inclusive housing opportunities in historically exclusionary communities, and to bring investments and equitable policy change that generate meaningful improvements in under-resourced communities of color. Join us!
In The News
Jun 26, 2026
Federal legislation aimed at spurring more housing construction, including in Connecticut's Fairfield County, awaits President Donald Trump's approval, after the president reneged on plans to sign it Wednesday. U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, who represents southwestern Connecticut, introduced several provisions in the bill and described it this week as a productive...
Jun 24, 2026
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-CT, and housing advocates urged passage Monday of a bipartisan housing bill the senator said has been years in the making that will begin to address the housing crisis facing Connecticut and the nation at large. Blumenthal was joined by Bobbi Riddick, community impact manager for...
The Housing Record
Feb 26, 2026
The Affordable Housing Appeals Act, known colloquially as 8-30g, has long been a widely misunderstood law. It’s one of the few ways that affordable housing gets built in many of our most exclusionary Connecticut communities, but its effect is purely reactionary – it only comes into play when someone proposes...
Jan 29, 2026
The passage of HB 8002 late in 2025 was the culmination of a long struggle to pass meaningful housing reform in Connecticut. It was not the end of the political fight over affordable housing. Recent attacks from public officials and policy professionals make clear that this issue will remain in...
