Ginny Monk | CT Mirror
In at least 12 Connecticut towns, there are major impediments to building multifamily housing that’s affordable, and many of these barriers exist in the name of preserving the towns’ character, a new study says.
The study from the Open Communities Alliance examines zoning policy and...
Ginny Monk | CT Mirror
An approach to affordable housing that assigns each town a certain number of units to plan and zone for, based on the needs of its region, would help cut down on housing segregation in Connecticut, advocates said Thursday.
Under the proposed “Fair Share” law, the...
Erin Boggs & Sam Giffin | CT Post
Housing — and housing segregation — has never been so expensive.
Connecticut is one of the costliest places to live in the country. We have the 10th-highest housing costs, so one might expect it to be bursting with high-quality jobs and workers...
Richard Freedman | CT Viewpoints
For decades, Connecticut has suffered from anemic economic growth and its attendant fiscal problems. The causes, it is said, are various: an aging population, lack of an anchor city, outmigration to other states and, of course, over-regulation. For the last decade we’ve had a live experiment...
Ken Dixon | CT Insider
Advocates for expanded affordable housing opportunities on Thursday supported legislation that would assess state needs, create plans for every town and city, and provide performance data.
During a public hearing on a bill before the General Assembly’s Housing Committee, favorable testimony was led by Cheryl...
CT Post
Critics are nothing if not consistent.
Depending on what I write about, there are a few responses to this column I’m guaranteed to receive. If I write about crime, I’ll hear from people (always suburbanites) who are convinced they are in imminent danger of being murdered at any...
Emily Scott | Public Service News | Feb. 23, 2022
A new alliance has formed to address Connecticut's affordable housing crisis, with a focus on its urban centers.
"Growing Together Connecticut" is a multi-year effort to pass housing laws and reforms that confront discriminatory policies, like redlining, that have led...
CT Insider | Ginny Monk
Shaurice Bacon feels stuck in her housing, an apartment with not-quite-enough space for her family.
She’s lived in public housing in Bridgeport for two decades. She’s looked for other low-cost apartments, applied to housing choice voucher programs and explored rent-to-own options. She’s widened her search...
WSHU | By Brooke Sleavensky
A new coalition in Connecticut is advocating for affordable housing in the state.
Known as Growing Together Connecticut, they want the state General Assembly to work with them this legislative session to help them to reform zoning laws that would help create more than 300,000...