housing

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) is co-sponsoring the Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act, which would keep rental companies from using the software to set higher prices.

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.

An extensive affordable housing bill made it out of committee in the Connecticut Legislature this week. If passed, it would expand the jurisdiction of local housing authorities to build in other towns and allocate funding to support municipalities as they build affordable, mixed-use and transit-oriented developments.

The bill would limit landlords’ ability to consider felony convictions in rental applications but contains carve-outs for some sex offenders.

A lack of barracks space — as well as poor living conditions in some barracks buildings — are contributing to complaints about sailors' quality of life.

Affordable housing, consumer protections and the regulation of artificial intelligence are some of the items that top their agenda this year, according to Connecticut Senate Democrats.

Connecticut lawmakers say a bill that would incentivize more transit-oriented development might pass this year because of the state’s housing crisis.

A Connecticut legislative committee has started working on a bill to enable the building of more housing in the state despite opposition from some lawmakers. This would help Gov. Ned Lamont’s plan to tackle the state’s housing crisis.

Connecticut Voices for Children is one of several statewide groups that have repeatedly called for more affordable housing, citing the state’s shortage of multifamily housing and the widening gap between housing costs and income levels.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont joined Bridgeport Mayor Joe Gamin, local community leaders and financing partners in breaking ground on a 420-apartment, mixed-use development on Tuesday.