homelessness

The Senate and House have passed a bipartisan bill to expand health care benefits and services for veterans and their families. U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) joined veteran advocates at the Harkness House in New Haven to spotlight the law.

United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut reactivated a cash assistance fund for unhoused people and families at risk of losing their homes.

New Haven police arrested seven activists for pitching tents at an encampment on the Upper Green.

A report published by The Housing Collective found that many of Connecticut’s homeless shelter employees have been at risk of losing their housing in the past two years.

Veterans applying for housing vouchers will no longer have to list their disability benefits as income. U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said the new policy is “righting a wrong.”

A New Britain man recounts his path to homelessness. A city alderwoman said homelessness is a “multi-faceted problem. There’s mental health, domestic violence, alcohol and drug addiction — it’s not just one thing that’s causing homelessness."

Housing advocacy organizations in Connecticut have been awarded more than $80 million by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Continuum of Care Program.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration is taking a new approach to solving homelessness, forming a panel of agency heads that will work together to prevent and respond to the issue.

Connecticut’s Coalition to End Homelessness said they plan to ask the state for $20 million this legislative session to address homelessness. This year, they received $5 million.

A community of “tiny homes” built for unhoused people in New Haven were rejected by the state from receiving electricity.