Last year ended with Gov. Ned Lamont signing a major housing bill into law, and advocates say they will now be closely watching the implementation of that measure.

But they also want state lawmakers to turn — or return — to other housing-related proposals during their upcoming 13-week legislative session.

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While advocates aren’t expecting another piece of far-reaching legislation to be enacted this year, they think the General Assembly could pass narrower measures aimed at the state’s housing shortage as well as issues between tenants and landlords.

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Hugh Bailey, the policy director of the Open Communities Alliance, said a focus of the civil rights group is strengthening Connecticut’s law on what is known as “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing.”

“What we want is to ... just do a better job of making sure that we are doing everything we can to push back against the legacy of segregation and the legacy of redlining,” Bailey said. “Make sure that we’re spending money where it’s needed. Make sure that people have opportunities, that all the low-income housing is not going in places where it has historically been placed, where opportunities for jobs and public safety and good schools are not at their lowest.”

What comes next after Connecticut's big housing law? Here are some possibilities, Brianna Gurciullo, CT Insider, Feb. 3, 2026, available here