OH MY GOD

Downtown Fairfield CT is 39% parking by land area today I have a hunch they can successfully welcome 754 new homes in a 12 year period (and a lot more if we are being honest). This is where 60 years of functionally zero growth gets us

Wow! A knockout blow of a thread. The sad thing is Newtown is unexceptionable in its opposition to housing.

How out-of-sight zoning rules have outsized impact ctmirror.org/2025/05/29/h...

A new supportive housing facility opened on Ann Street in Stamford's West End, and 11 men facing homelessness are set to move in next month. www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article...

I implore people to think about what Memorial Day means, and then think about…this

We’re deeply disappointed the #JustCauseCT bill wasn’t called for a vote. “It’s such a massive constituency... I struggle to understand why legislators... recognize landlords but don’t seem to recognize tenants.” — Luke LMelonakos-Harrison @CTMirror: ctmirror.org/2025/05/20/c...

New blog: The Reality: Housing Challenges I faced as a Low-Income Earner by intern Mabel Thompson. “I realized, I belong in these spaces too. My lived experience is part of the policy puzzle they’re trying to solve.” Read her powerful story: heyor.ca/4kj7ob

Homelessness surges in wealthy CT: 'I'm surrounded by millionaires, and next door this is happening' www.ctinsider.com/news/article...

Two Connecticuts: How gaps between rich and poor define life in CT www.ctinsider.com/news/article...

It's great to see that Wallingford has taken steps to make it easier to build affordable housing in it's downtown. More towns should follow their lead. www.ctinsider.com/recordjourna...

Seymour to survey residents on housing valley.newhavenindependent.org/article/seym...

Could a photo and a headline better encapsulate the root cause of our housing crisis? These subjective veto points are the problem, full stop

Clearly Trumbull isn't sending ITS best to the planning and zoning commission. www.ctpublic.org/news/2025-05...

Just Cause eviction protections are about protecting Connecticut families from being unfairly displaced and ensuring stable, healthy communities. This powerful piece explains why: heyor.ca/zr4QOY Take Action to support Just Cause: heyor.ca/rT0NHo #JustCauseCT

🏡 Meet the Faces of Rental Assistance 🏡 We're sharing the people who could benefit from CT’s Rental Assistance Program (RAP). 👩‍💼 Meet the Working Mom juggles a full-time job & raising two kids—but rent keeps her on the edge. CT’s RAP could change that. It’s time to #FundRAP.

Both Governor Lamont and the General Assembly have proposed budgets that invest in key housing programs—expanding rental assistance, boosting affordable housing development, and protecting our most vulnerable residents. Learn more: heyor.ca/YddUXO

Nearly 1 in 5 CT lawmakers are landlords. Could that affect policy? ctmirror.org/2025/04/27/c...

Great reporting from Ginny Monk. Nearly 1 in 5 CT lawmakers are landlords. I'd like to know how many Housing Committee members are landlords. The conflicts are obvious. Committee members should disclose whether they are landlords. ctmirror.org/2025/04/27/c...

New apartments approved in Fairfield - 96 total with 29 set-aside for lower and moderate income tenants. Without question these homes would have been denied but for CT's Affordable Housing Appeals Procedure (8-30g). Our housing shortage continues. Imagine how worse it would be without 8-30g.

An affordable housing proposal won one of its 3 battles in court after a judge found that New Canaan’s water pollution authority wrongfully rejected its application. The WPCA’s rejection was “devoid of evidentiary support and constituted an abuse of discretion.” www.ctinsider.com/news/new-can...

60,000 Americans to lose their rental assistance and risk eviction unless Congress acts. www.ctpost.com/news/politic...

"If you can afford to send Katy Perry to space, you can afford to pay more taxes." #3E

Casey and Tom are rock star advocates. This common sense reform will go a long way to allowing, once again, the kind of development that made us love CT in the first place. No one loves wasteful sprawl. www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...

"Say you want to build a bowling alley....In West #Hartford, you’d be required to build 8 parking spaces for every lane. In #Wethersfield, that number drops to 5. And in #Ridgefield? Just 4. The differences aren’t based on data or demand — they’re arbitrary." www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...

“I don't know what the average sales price is now, but it's got to be upwards of almost a million dollars at this point. They're really leveraging up to buy a home and then to have a big complex go in, like right next door, can be pretty upsetting." Sounds rough. www.ctpublic.org/news/2025-04...

Included in this announcement is new funding for a little known housing program to rehabilitate older small multifamily buildings - a critical supply of lower cost housing. The Small Multifamily Loan Program is an important finding source for these often ignored homes. www.fox61.com/article/mone...

State investments in affordable housing should be focused on housing for our poorest residents - that's who needs public support. Make it easier to build housing and the market will build (most of) the rest. www.newstimes.com/connecticut/...

Opinion: How Connecticut’s housing shortage has impacted every industry www.greenwichtime.com/opinion/arti...

It's nearly impossible to build homes in some places in CT. The Affordable Housing Appeals Act (Section 8-30g) is the only tool to get affordable homes built in some towns. It must be preserved. www.ctpost.com/news/article...

More than 200 apartments proposed along I-91 in Windsor. A great reuse of vacant office space. www.courant.com/2025/04/08/m...

There's a lot of talk in CT about so-called naturally occurring affordable housing. The fact is that in many expensive CT communities they no longer exist. When a 2000 SF home is purchased for $750K only to be torn down, your town doesn't have NOAH. westportjournal.com/realestate/g...

Go beyond the talking points. Learn the facts about eviction protections and housing supply. ctmirror.org/2025/04/02/t...

A new policy brief from Center on Budget and Policy Priorities provides evidence that by closing the gap between incomes and rent through rental assistance, as well as access to supportive services like health care and income support, we can end homelessness. Learn more: heyor.ca/itxfxr

Housing affordability and stability are hot topics at the CT General Assembly this year. Now's the time to let your legislators know that housing matters to you. Read PSC's mid-session update to learn what's happening.

Infrastructure projects are nearly impossible to move forward even with the Siting Council. Imagine how little solar and wind generated power CT would have without it. And, before anyone asks, I'm fine with building a solar array in my neighborhood. Apartments too! www.courant.com/2025/03/31/b...

"Connecticut’s housing crisis continues to be top of mind for home builders and lawmakers. As the situation continues to persist, many are searching for solutions." www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/w...

Listening to Patrick McMahon at CT Main Street Center's TOD event describe the redevelopment of Windsor Center is making me homesick. To know Windsor Center is to love it - a real community that takes care of each other.

Housing CHOICE vouchers? Where those using rental assistance live www.cbpp.org/research/hou...

CT's shortage of affordable homes has reached a critical point. 71% of extremely low-income renters spend more than 50% of their income on housing with little left over for other basic needs. We need to make it easier to build the homes we need. www.ctpublic.org/news/2025-03...

The U.S. has a shortage of more than 7.1 million rental homes affordable and available to extremely low-income renter households. Find out more. #TheGap25 nlihc.org/gap

Fairfield County has the tightest housing market in the nation. Four other CT market areas are in the top 8.

The anonymous bigots behind that 169 group is really leaning into the right wing talking points now. Per anonymous losers, CT doesn't have a homelessness problem, and if we did, they blame migrants.

What incredibly ignorant fools. "In some cases, photos seemed to be flagged for removal simply because their file included the word ”gay,” including service members with that last name and an image of the B-29 aircraft Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb" apnews.com/article/dei-...

How many more years before CT passes similar legislation? We have 35 years of experience since the passage of Section 8-30g to show us that too few towns will act on their own. fallriverreporter.com/healey-grant...

White houses: These are sprouting up in every rich neighborhood in America. I had to find out why. slate.com/business/202...

Connecticut's home price appreciation over the last year is the second highest in the nation at 8.3%. eyeonhousing.org/2025/03/hous...

The conversion of a long vacant school in Manchester faces neighborhood resistance and worries from a PZ commissioner over the effects on the entire neighborhood. Creating homes while eliminating a blighted building and attractive nuisance seems like a win to me. www.ctinsider.com/journalinqui...

"I strongly encourage the developer to embrace the Planning and Zoning Commission’s request to limit any development to age-restricted housing, which would mitigate the school impact." Lucky for her that officials didn't feel that way when her home was built. www.ctinsider.com/news/trumbul...