CT’s supportive housing programs strained and underfunded, report finds
CT Public | By: Abigail Brone In Connecticut, supportive housing means providing families transitioning out of homelessness with affordable, often temporary, homes and social services. A new report, by the housing advocacy nonprofit, Partnership for Strong Communities, found there are ways for supportive housing in the state to be improved. In 2022, more than 5,500 families […]
Opinion | Unfounded Fears Shouldn’t Drive Local Housing Plans
CT News Junkie | By: Sean Ghio Unfounded Fears Shouldn’t Drive Local Housing Plans? New Research Builds Upon Evidence that Common Complaints About Affordable Housing Impacts Are Groundless In Connecticut’s towns affordable housing development debates often center on a familiar set of concerns: school costs, increased traffic, strained municipal budgets, and reduced public safety. A […]
New Research Builds Upon Evidence that Common Fears About Affordable Housing Municipal Impacts Are Unfounded
By: Sean Ghio, Policy Director In Connecticut towns, affordable housing development debates often center on a familiar set of concerns: school costs, increased traffic, strained municipal budgets, and reduced public safety. A new study examining large affordable housing developments built under Massachusetts’ Chapter 40B suggests that these concerns are generally baseless. For Connecticut advocates and […]