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
Aug 12, 2025
Dear Gov. Ned Lamont: We listened closely when you announced a veto of HB 5002, the omnibus housing bill, in June. We heard you say that you’d like a revised version of the bill on your desk following a special session this year. We understand there was some loud opposition...
Aug 05, 2025
Gov. Ned Lamont, state and federal lawmakers and housing advocates stand together to denounce President Donald Trump’s executive order directing states to remove people from the streets, possibly by committing them for mental health or drug treatment without their consent. But unity is absent due to continued friction after the...
The Housing Record
May 12, 2025
An important story was published recently by reporters Jacqueline Rabe Thomas and Alex Putterman in CT Insider about the housing that Connecticut is falling short on building. The evidence they present of a housing shortfall flies in the face of consistently sunny talk from the governor and his administration, and...
Apr 29, 2025
Last week, CT 169 Strong, the anti-everything group from Fairfield County, issued another round of misinformation about zoning reform efforts in Connecticut. Their latest message to supporters contains a lot of words, certainly. Hardly any of them make sense. But since the group represents a worldview that holds plenty of...
