Ginny Monk | CT Mirror
Connecticut tenants revived an effort Thursday to expand protections against no-fault evictions, signaling the start of what will likely be a contentious debate during this year’s General Assembly session over the government’s role in regulating the landlord-tenant relationship.
A joint press conference, held by the...
Editorial Board | The Day
There is no more important challenge for Gov. Ned Lamont and lawmakers than taking the policy steps necessary to expand the amount of housing in the state, making it affordable for working people and for those living on the economic margins, and to do so...
Alex Putterman | CT Insider
With vacancy rates low, rents high, home-ownership out of reach for many residents and homelessness rising year after year, Connecticut clearly has a housing problem.
The question, posed annually around this time, is what state lawmakers might do about it.
In recent years, Connecticut's legislature...
Alex Putterman | CT Insider
About 40% of Connecticut adults are struggling financially or "just getting by," a new survey has found.
The survey, from the non-profit DataHaven, found that more people report being worse off financially than they were a year ago than report being better off, amid increases...
Alex Putterman | CT Insider
Homelessness in Connecticut has increased for the third straight year, jumping 13 percent from January 2023 to January 2024, the state's annual point-in-time count has revealed.
As of Jan. 23, when the count was conducted, Connecticut recorded 3,410 people experiencing homelessness, up from 3,015 a...
Roshan Abraham | New York Times
In the late 1960s, Ethel Lawrence and her husband lived with their children in a two-story house on an acre of land in Mount Laurel, N.J. Her family had lived in the township for generations, and she wanted her children to be able to...
Cate Hewitt | CT Examiner
An advocate group is pushing for the state’s “fair share” housing study to be completed by its original December deadline, in time for lawmakers to reintroduce legislation addressing Connecticut’s housing needs next year.
Despite a monthslong delay in finding a contractor, ECOnorthwest, to conduct the...
Ginny Monk | CT Mirror
A report on a controversial statewide zoning reform proposal that would assign each Connecticut town a certain number of housing units to plan and zone for isn’t likely to be finished ahead of the 2025 legislative session following a monthslong delay in finding a contractor...
Adam Gordon | Next City
With the U.S. in the worst housing affordability crisis of our lifetimes, lawmakers at all levels of government are increasingly feeling pressure to act. In March, President Biden unveiled a housing plan featuring two new tax credits, while state and local leaders across the country...