Over the last two decades, Connecticut streamlined its homeless response system and established programs to help families retain housing and prevent them from becoming homeless. However, housing advocates understand there’s more work to be done. The Housi... See more
Housing activists and tenants are relaunching an effort to increase Connecticut’s eviction protections. The state’s existing Just Cause Eviction law protects seniors and disabled tenants from being evicted from their home at the end of a lease without bei... See more
With the start of a new legislative session, Connecticut lawmakers are introducing, and in some cases reintroducing, bills that would address the state’s homelessness crisis. A key issue for state lawmakers is ensuring local municipalities don’t make it i... See more
Connecticut’s newly formed Council on Housing Development met for the first time Tuesday to begin chipping away at priorities amid the start of a new legislative session. The Council was formed as a result of the omnibus housing bill approved last fall du... See more
Dana Barrow has lived in Scotland, Conn., for three decades. Barrow wears many hats, literally. The baseball caps line the top of his desk in Scotland’s town hall. Barrow is Scotland’s first selectman and fire marshall. He is also the town’s burning offic... See more
