In Hartford, federal lawmakers pledge to hold HUD accountable for concentrating poverty in city neighborhoods, slum housing projects
In Hartford, federal lawmakers pledge to hold HUD accountable for concentrating poverty in city neighborhoods, slum housing projects
By Rebecca Lurye, CT Mirror, January 17, 2020.
Read moreHow Wealthy Towns Keep People With Housing Vouchers Out
How Wealthy Towns Keep People With Housing Vouchers Out
By Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, ProPublica, January 9, 2020.
Section 8 vouchers should give low-income people the opportunity to live outside poor communities. But discriminatory landlords, exclusionary zoning and the federal government’s hands-off approach leave recipients with few places to call home.
Read moreNonprofit wins grant to support Hartford residents leaving failed subsidized housing projects
Nonprofit wins grant to support Hartford residents leaving failed subsidized housing projects
Rebecca Lurye, Hartford Courant, July 9, 2019. Available here.
Read moreMake CT more accommodating to housing and businesses
Make CT more accommodating to housing and businesses
It's time to rewrite the confusing law that governs local zoning decisions
Jim Perras, CT Mirror, June 26, 2019. Available here.
Read moreA Geographic Account of Economic, Health, and Educational Disparities in Hartford’s Sheff Region
A Geographic Account of Economic, Health, and Educational Disparities inHartford’s Sheff Region
Casey Cobb, Humboldt Journal of Social Relations 41: 82–98, 2019. Available here.
Connecticut Looks At Tackling Housing Issues To Treat Asthma
Connecticut Looks At Tackling Housing Issues To Treat Asthma
Nicole Leonard, WNPR, May 29, 2019. Article and Audio Interview Available Here.
Read moreSeparated by Design: How Some of America’s Richest Towns Fight Affordable Housing
Separated by Design: How Some of America’s Richest Towns Fight Affordable Housing
In southwest Connecticut, the gap between rich and poor is wider than anywhere else in the country. Invisible walls created by local zoning boards and the state government block affordable housing and, by extension, the people who need it.
Read moreBill would allow housing authorities to expand to neighboring towns
Bill would allow housing authorities to expand to neighboring towns, Mary Ellen Godin, Record-Journal, April 3, 2019, available here
Read moreChildren’s advocate: Housing segregation still an issue in Connecticut
Children’s advocate: Housing segregation still an issue in Connecticut, Cassandra Day, Middletown Press, February 14, 2019, available here
Read moreFairfield looks to address affordable housing
Fairfield looks to address affordable housing, Jordan Grice, CT Post, September 30, 2018, available here
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