Ginny Monk | CT Mirror
The upcoming legislative session is likely to bring a new effort to pass meaningful zoning reforms, according to advocates for a fund that rewards towns that create affordable housing and eviction protections for tenants.
Growing Together Connecticut, a consortium of about 45 advocacy groups, faith...
Jordan Nathaniel Fenster | CT Insider
There are affordable housing units built in towns across Connecticut, often amid controversy and despite some public outcry.
The arguments against affordable housing often center around a town’s right to self-determination, to define the look, feel and character of a community, without interference from...
Lisa Prevost | New York Times
In the town of Fairfield, Conn., nearly 2,400 residents have signed a petition opposing a project proposed for downtown that could bring 19 units of affordable housing.
In nearby New Canaan, homeowners have raised about $84,000 for a legal fund to fight a proposed...
Ginny Monk | CT Mirror
Despite five years of advance notice that Connecticut towns would have to submit affordable housing plans by June 1, less than half of them made the deadline.
The deadline — established by a 2017 law that requires such plans every five years —marked an important...
Don Stacom | Hartford Courant
Facing a state-mandated deadline of Wednesday, Connecticut communities this spring have been wrapping up work on their official plans to provide more affordable housing — even though many caution that the state’s goal isn’t practical.
As of May 23, fewer than 50 of Connecticut’s 169...
Jordan Fenster | CT Insider
Advocates believe Connecticut is in the midst of a housing crisis. They say the cost of housing at all levels is pricing out renters and potential owners who only a short time ago could afford their homes.
People are forced to move, these advocates say,...
Alex Wood | Journal Inquirer
GLASTONBURY — The town could do its share to meet the Hartford area’s affordable housing needs through measure such as allowing multifamily developments on lots now limited to single-family homes, using town-owned land for multifamily housing, and allowing redevelopment of underused office buildings as apartments.
...Cate Hewitt | CT Examiner
After dying in committee last year, the “Fair Share” affordable housing bill is heading to the floor of the Connecticut General Assembly for a vote after receiving the approval of the state’s Housing Committee earlier in March.
The law, if passed, would supplement the state’s...
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
The Connecticut Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights released an interim advisory memorandum on zoning practices in Connecticut. In December, the Committee began an investigation into whether zoning practices in Connecticut perpetuate segregation in the state.
The Committee issues this memorandum to...