affordable housing

In Connecticut, it’s illegal to discriminate against someone because of their lawful source of income when they’re buying or renting property. But what does discrimination look like when someone has a Section 8 Housing Choice voucher? A case before the state Supreme Court addresses that question.

Norwalk celebrated the final phase of a new mixed-income development this week. It replaces Connecticut’s oldest public housing complex, which was significantly damaged by flooding during Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

For the first time, Connecticut has taken a comprehensive look at its affordable housing stock. The report finds the state is short thousands of units for very-low-income families. Fairfield County has one of the largest shortages, and local housing advocates are calling on state officials to use once-in-a-lifetime federal funds to help fix the problem.

The pandemic has challenged renters and landlords alike. And in Fairfield County it’s been especially tough as more than half of renters already find themselves spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing. One property owner and management company said they've fared well during the pandemic thanks, in part, to its mission.

With the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban and with thousands still hoping to flee the country, a local nonprofit in New Haven welcomed a small group of refugees Monday night. The organization expects to resettle as many as 400 Afghan refugees in the next year.

Last week, Gov. Ned Lamont allowed the state eviction moratorium to expire -- despite the White House extending the federal moratorium until July 31. To…

Bridgeport resident David Reyes, 57, was once homeless with no other place to sleep than on the streets. He was unhoused for four years after serving in…

With federal and state eviction moratoriums ending soon, a team of researchers from Yale University and two other universities has found an apparent link…

The Fairfield Housing Authority and Operation Hope of Fairfield have declared a housing crisis. And as almost $3 billion in discretionary federal funds…

Zoning officials in the well-off suburban town of Woodbridge seem unlikely to allow developers to build multi-unit dwellings there without special…