housing

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.

A nonprofit that provides temporary housing and services for homeless people in Windham, Connecticut, was awarded a $500,000 federal grant on Monday.

Homes on Long Island were overvalued by more than 16% in the second quarter, according to Moody's.

WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Andrew Brown to discuss his article, “CT towns got $1.5 billion from feds. They’ve budgeted roughly 1% for housing,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.

The failure to spend American Rescue Plan funds on housing is a missed opportunity to make Connecticut a more affordable place to live, advocates say.

Half a million dollars is being split into 20 forgivable loans to kick off the program. Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim said he is willing to expand the program with city money if there is enough interest.

Connecticut is spending $1.5 million to expand and renovate a veterans home in Bridgeport run by the nonprofit Homes for the Brave Rehabilitation Institute.

Despite five years of advance notice that Connecticut towns would have to submit affordable housing plans by June 1, less than half of them made the deadline.

More than half of Connecticut’s 169 cities and towns have failed to meet a June 1 state deadline to submit plans for affordable housing.

The MyHomeCT program was created to help residents avoid missing mortgage payments or entering foreclosure.