homelessness

Two people in Stamford have died from exposure, as Connecticut is held in the grip of extreme cold weather. This comes as the state is allocating funds toward emergency housing to fill the gaps left by the Trump administration.

Winter is coming, and advocates fear that the Trump administration's cuts could force thousands more Connecticut residents into homelessness as federal housing aid is slashed by 70%.

Connecticut has just released about $5 million in grants to help the state’s homeless emergency response system expand cold weather shelters in anticipation of increased demand this winter.

Connecticut will not comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order that calls on states to criminalize homelessness and institutionalize unhoused people with mental health disabilities and substance abuse disorders.

President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, headed by Elon Musk, has said it plans to lay off 50% of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's workforce and eliminate half of its field offices.

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.”