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Affordable Housing, Community Development, Reports and Publications, State News
CT Towns Featured in Book about Fear, Prejudice, and Real Estate
May 29, 2013
A new book offers an exploration of the corrosive effects of overpriced housing, exclusionary zoning, and the flight of the younger population in the Northeast. Snob Zones: Fear, Prejudice, and Real...
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Affordable Housing, Community Development, Reports and Publications
2006-2010 CHAS Data Available
May 29, 2013
U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development
The U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development has released a working paper of the 2006-2010 Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) data. CHAS data serves the unique purpose of...
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Announcements, Community Development, Federal News
Sandy Tax Relief Bill Introduced in Congress
May 29, 2013
On May 23rd, The Sandy Tax Relief Act of 2013, or H.R. 2137 was introduced by Representative Bill Pascrell (D-NJ). This bill would increase the allocation of Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC)...
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Affordable Housing, Community Development, Reports and Publications
Fewer Families Could Afford to Buy Homes in 2009 than in 1984
May 29, 2013
U.S Census Bureau
Approximately 50% of American families (both current owners and renters) could afford to purchase a modestly priced home in the state where they lived in 2009. This percentage is the lowest since...
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Affordable Housing, Community Development, Homelessness, Reports and Publications, Supportive Housing
SSI Recipients Among the Nations Most Impoverished
May 29, 2013
The Technical Assistance Collaborative (TAC) and the Washington-based Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Housing Task Force (CCD)
Non-elderly adults with disabilities living on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments are the group that is most affected by the shortage of affordable rental housing in the country. According...
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Community Development, Homelessness, State News
Advancing the Homeless Bill of Rights in Connecticut
May 28, 2013
"When the time is ripe for certain things, they appear at different places in the manner of violets coming to light in early spring.”
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Affordable Housing, Community Development, Homelessness, Reports and Publications, Supportive Housing
Poverty Among CT's Seniors May Be Higher than Originally Thought
May 24, 2013
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
The coming Silver Tsunami may be worse than its forecast. Using a new measure for poverty, a recent Kaiser Family Foundation study says that poverty among the elderly is substantially higher than...
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Affordable Housing, Community Development, Reports and Publications
Challenges and Opportunities in Addressing Growth of Poverty in Suburbs
May 22, 2013
Brookings Institute
There are more people living in poverty in suburbia than there are in cities according to a new book Confronting Suburban Poverty in America. From 2000 to 2011, the percentage of poor residents...
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Affordable Housing, Community Development, Homelessness, Supportive Housing
IForum Highlights Successful Health Care and Housing Collaborations
May 22, 2013
More than 130 gathered at the Lyceum on May 21 for an IForum focused on the importance of creating connections among health care and housing services to assist populations struggling with...
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Affordable Housing, Community Development
CHFA 2013 QAP Open for Public Comment
May 22, 2013
Connecticut Housing and Finance Authority
The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) has opened the 2013 draft Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) for public comment. A public hearing will be at 9:00a.m on Thursday, June 6th. Written...
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