The Head Start on Housing pilot program, which provides housing vouchers to those who are eligible, will help 50 new CT families next year.
Ginny Monk
Ginny is CT Mirror’s housing and children’s issues reporter. She covers a range of topics, from affordable housing and zoning to child welfare. Ginny grew up in Arkansas and graduated from the University of Arkansas’ Lemke School of Journalism in 2017. She began her career at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette where she covered housing, homelessness, juvenile justice, and investigations. Along the way Ginny was awarded a 2019 Data Fellowship through the Annenberg Center for Health Journalism at the University of Southern California. She moved to Connecticut in 2021 and covered housing for Hearst CT.
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CT could use land trusts to increase affordable housing, report says
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy report found that CT’s laws could be used to increase affordable housing through community land trusts.
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CT United Way opens cash assistance program for those in need
The United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut is putting $100K into a fund to help families struggling to make ends meet.
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View from a blue state: CT voters wait for presidential election results
As the polls closed Tuesday night, people across CT congregated to watch results of the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump roll in.
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CT landlords ask lawmakers to incentivize housing
Their press conference marks the start of a more public push by CT landlords to put their political weight behind housing development.
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Gov. Lamont: Housing solutions are local. Legislators beg to differ
The discussion at the CT Housing Conference highlighted the differences between the executive and legislative branches on the housing crisis.
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CT bond commission OKs $40M for down payment assistance
The CT bond commission’s decision reopens the Time To Own program, which gives down payment assistance to first-time homebuyers.
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CT House Democrats address the politics of housing reform
CT Reps. Jason Rojas and Eleni Kavros DeGraw spoke Monday about the complicated political realities surrounding major housing reforms.
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Housing issues, long-debated in CT, get new focus in U.S. election
Advocacy groups in CT are heartened to see housing emerge as a national issue. But they see some gaps in Harris and Trump’s proposals.
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Cold weather services for homeless may shrink after funding cuts
With budget cuts, providers say, some shelters won’t open until later in the year, and there’s less money available for day shelters.
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Pregnant people in CT can now apply for monthly cash assistance
The program will give 500 new and expectant CT mothers monthly cash transfers that they can use however they want for 36 months.
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CT increases early childhood care ratios for 2-year-olds
Advocates said the change would help fill the dearth of child care slots and financially benefit centers. Opponents said it could cut down on the quality of care.
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CT mobile home residents fear owner found loophole in new law
A new law gave mobile home residents more avenues to buy their parks. But a case at Shady Acres in Danbury has residents wondering if there is a loophole.
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People who help CT’s homeless are struggling too, report finds
Many frontline workers in Fairfield County and Northwestern CT said they’d taken second jobs, accessed food pantries or gone without food to make ends meet.
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How are Windham, Tolland counties’ affordable housing plans? Study rates them
The report highlighted what it called promising plans and a need to do more to cut down on housing costs in rural parts of eastern CT.
