Abigail Brone
Housing ReporterAbigail is Connecticut Public's housing reporter, covering statewide housing developments and issues, with an emphasis on Fairfield County communities. She received her master's from Columbia University in 2020 and graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2019. Abigail previously covered statewide transportation and the city of Norwalk for Hearst Connecticut Media. She loves all things Disney and cats.
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Yale Street Commons, a nearly 30-year-old affordable apartment complex in Bridgeport will be gutted and upgraded for its 125 residents. -
Connecticut needs 100,000 more affordable housing units, according to several studies, including one conducted by Connecticut’s Office of Policy and Management. -
The project is designed for Greenwich residents looking to downsize and for those who work in town but don’t live there, according to Phil Wharton, with Nimbus Properties, one of the developers. -
Supportive housing means affordable, often temporary homes, for people transitioning out of homelessness. In Connecticut, thousands are served annually by the supportive housing system, but there are ways it can be improved. -
Gubernatorial candidates are outlining how they would work to ensure residents' energy costs don't rise, through renewable energy and limiting public benefits charges. -
More than 60% of home builders report feeling the impacts of the tariffs on Canadian goods, including steel, plywood and aluminum. -
Families living under the ALICE threshold decreased by about 11,000 from 2023 to 2024, but the rates of financially strained families are once again increasing. -
About $2 million in state funding has gone toward the project, which is still in the early stages. The building was abandoned for about 24 years. -
More than five hundred kids in Connecticut are currently unhoused, a roughly 15% increase from last year. That includes children living in shelters, motels and doubled up with family or friends. -
In roughly the last year, there were about 55,000 calls to Connecticut’s 988 suicide hotline and more than 28,000 calls to the social services 211 hotline.
