Gov. Ned Lamont is allowing the evictions moratorium to lapse — while slowing them to buy time for relief payments.
Housing
Stories about buying and renting a home in Connecticut: Zoning laws, evictions, affordable housing and housing discrimination.
Posted inHousing
As end of COVID eviction moratorium nears, rental relief going slowly in CT
Only 2,921 payments have been by UniteCT, a COVID assistance program criticized as overly complicated and technically flawed.
Posted inInvestigations
No children allowed. Are wealthy CT towns building elderly housing to keep out poor families?
Advocates say some towns, like Branford, favor elderly complexes as a way to prevent construction of affordable housing for families.
Posted inHousing
Woodbridge zoning officials take a small step toward affordable housing
Officials voted to allow multi-family housing on a sliver of Woodbridge — provided such projects get prior approval.
Posted inHousing
Senate passes controversial zoning reform bill
The legislation, which nudges towns to loosen restrictive zoning policies, now heads to the governor’s desk.
Posted inHousing
Senate votes to provide attorneys for tenants facing eviction
The vote anticipates a wave of evictions that could come as pandemic-inspired state and federal moratoriums are lifted.
Posted inEconomic Development
CT’s civil rights enforcement agency: segregation has ‘particularly deadly effect’ amid pandemic
The Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities report links zoning segregation with the deadly impact of COVID on minority communities.
Posted inHousing
CT legislators underwhelmed with housing reform bill that passes House
Legislation aimed at tackling Connecticut’s housing segregation was significantly scaled back before the House approved it Thursday.
Posted inHousing
Woodbridge officials say they want to sign off on all multi-unit developments
Zoning officials in Woodbridge seem unlikely to allow developers to build multi-unit dwellings without permission.
Posted inJustice
CT House votes to provide attorneys for tenants facing eviction
If signed into law, Connecticut will become one of the first states to provide right to counsel.
Posted inHousing
How one bike ride inspired a case that could upend CT’s zoning laws
Woodbridge officials are weighing whether to allow multi-family housing after attorneys applied to convert a single-family home.
Posted inGovernment, Housing
Eviction moratorium extended until public health emergency order ends
The state moratorium hasn’t completely eliminated evictions, which are now at about half the level they were before the pandemic.
Posted inEconomic Development, Housing
Closely followed Woodbridge zoning case enters new phase
On Monday night, commissioners held their final public hearing on a two-pronged rezoning proposal looking to make it easier for developers to build multi-family affordable housing in Woodbridge.
Posted inHousing
The pandemic’s effect on the housing market helped some — but others are left behind.
Across Connecticut, lower-income families are facing more housing challenges. Federal aid might help, but the problems have deep roots.
Posted inPolitics
Affordable housing bills move out of committee, but not without changes
The bills are still “a work in progress,” legislators said.