homelessness

There is an affordable housing crisis, an eviction crisis and a homelessness crisis in Connecticut. While they are interrelated, solutions differ. A group of unhoused people and their allies in New Haven want to provide safety and dignity for people who are homeless right now.

Several bills related to eviction protection, a rent cap, homelessness and land-use reform in Connecticut are likely to pop up this session.

A Connecticut family has been unhoused ever since they were evicted from their apartment. Their situation isn't unique.

Bridgeport City Council Majority Leader Jeanette Herron is pushing for her city to tackle homelessness by partnering to build tiny homes.

Connecticut’s emergency housing funding hotline could face staffing shortages unless the state provides more funding for the service.

Veterans Place, a 23-bed shelter for homeless veterans in Yaphank, is closing after 26 years.

On Long Island, the Suffolk County Water Authority worked with members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation to bring potable drinking water to the tribe’s housing development that helps their people get out of homelessness.

Dozens of Fairfield County advocates for homeless and housing insecure people want Connecticut lawmakers to make more funding available so they can expand their services.

People experiencing homelessness in New Haven have a new safe place to socialize. It’s called The Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen or DESK.The drop-in center…

Fair housing advocates in Connecticut want lawmakers to declare housing a right for all residents of the state.Danya Keene is director of Yale’s Housing…