New Ways to Build Take Center Stage
Houses made out of Lego blocks? How about affordable homes built from 3D printers? All of these ideas and more have moved off the drawing board and into the marketplace.
State Adds $1.1M to Help Combat Homelessness
Connecticut is providing more than $1 million to combat homelessness.
Federal Report Says Homelessness Climbed in Connecticut
Connecticut experienced a 17.4 percent increase in homelessness between 2017 and 2018, according to a federal report released Monday.
Activist Group Endorses Bill To Address Homelessness
The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) commended U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) yesterday for introducing the Ending Homelessness Act of 2017 last month. In a statement the group called the bill “a comprehensive plan to ensure the lowest income people and families America have safe, decent and affordable homes.
State Receives Grant To Create New Housing To Serve Homeless Youth
Connecticut recently received a $6.6 million federal grant to create new housing and support service programs to serve youth experiencing homelessness.
NLIHC Recommends Solutions for Ending Homelessness and Housing Poverty in the Trump Administration
The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released a memo urging the next presidential administration to seize this moment of political change to implement solutions to the affordable housing crisis faced by the lowest income households in America.
Greater Hartford Realtors Lead Walk Against Homelessness
The Greater Hartford Association of Realtors (GHAR) helped raise funds through the Middletown Stroll for Charity in order to fight homelessness in Middlesex County.
Federal Grant To Aid Connecticut’s Homeless Veterans
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and government officials recently announced the state is slated to receive a $400,000 federal grant to support 43 new HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers. The grant to support the vouchers combines rental assistance from the U.S....Report: State Homelessness At Record Lows
An annual point-in-time report by the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness shows that homelessness in Connecticut is down nearly 4 percent compared to 2015, and has declined 13 percent since 2007. With this new drop, homelessness rates have dropped to a new...Connecticut Certified As Free Of Veterans Homelessness
The federal government has certified Connecticut as having effectively ended homelessness among military veterans, the governor’s office has announced. Connecticut is the second state in the nation to accomplish this goal, achieved through extensive funding and...
