Witness the struggle of those fighting for change in our state’s current housing crisis.
Telling the Story of Housing in Connecticut.
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Shelter workers from across Connecticut are receiving training on how to better address the needs of clients. The training, held by the National Alliance, focused on how Connecticut providers can manage their expectations for clients.
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A state program aimed at providing homes for unhoused families with children is being expanded to 50 additional homeless families.
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A free state pilot program, which sends nurses and health workers to the homes of new mothers and newborns in the Bridgeport area, is expanding to Norwich.
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Tenants unions have gotten towns to establish fair rent commissions and pushed the legislature to make it easier for renters to secure legal aid when facing eviction. Now, they're getting more and more popular.
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More than 20 neglected properties across 18 Connecticut towns and cities will be fixed up and redeveloped for new housing and businesses, using $20 million in state grants.
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Four affordable homes constructed on Hazel Street will be part of a neighborhood revitalization effort in New Haven. The Housing Clinic, a partnership between the state Department of Housing and Yale University, will provide homeownership opportunities for four families, and a form of passive income.
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Sara Bronin is an architect and attorney who chaired the Hartford Planning and Zoning Commission for seven years. She joined Where We Live to discuss her new book, 'Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World.'
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Connecticut preschool teachers with college degrees typically earn about 30% less than their counterparts in kindergarten through eighth grade school systems. Friends Center for Children in New Haven hopes its free teacher housing program will be the model for a nationwide shift.
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Residents of Concord Hills, a Hartford apartment complex are being told to find new housing. This comes more than three months after being displaced by an apartment fire, and forced to live in hotels.
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Homeless service providers say state lawmakers need to appropriate a guaranteed annual amount to operate the cold weather shelters this legislative session, to allow shelters to prepare for next winter.
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Under the proposed law, public housing agencies and landlords cannot retaliate against Section 8 voucher recipients and renters in low-income housing developments for creating tenants unions.
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Fifty apartments suffered water damage as a result of the fire forcing residents to relocate to local hotels. For the first month of displacement, residents were moved to hotel rooms without kitchen access.