A new report says Connecticut is short more than 86,000 rental units for residents in the 0%-30% area median income.
Housing
Stories about buying and renting a home in Connecticut: Zoning laws, evictions, affordable housing and housing discrimination.
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Landlord spat offers peek into LLC deals
A court battle over a landlord’s alleged theft offers a glimpse into how internationally backed real estate deals take shape.
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Biden administration praises Lamont on COVID rental relief
Once criticized by landlords and tenants, the Biden administration now hails Connecticut’s rental assistant process as a model of success.
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After court ends federal evictions moratorium, CT officials mull next steps
Connecticut legislators must decide soon whether to act to protect tens of thousands of at-risk renters.
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Eviction orders spiked in Connecticut when federal moratorium lapsed
Before the federal order was reinstated Wednesday, Connecticut judges signed a surge of orders removing tenants from their homes.
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Connecticut quickens distribution of pandemic rental relief, but backlog remains
Last week marked the.third consecutive week of increases in applications approved and dollars paid for pandemic rental relief in Connecticut.
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Lamont lets evictions moratorium expire, but orders new tenant protections
Gov. Ned Lamont is allowing the evictions moratorium to lapse — while slowing them to buy time for relief payments.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Senate passes controversial zoning reform bill
The legislation, which nudges towns to loosen restrictive zoning policies, now heads to the governor’s desk.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.