NBC CT | By: Matt Austin
Helping make housing more affordable is a big focus of lawmakers this legislative session.
But not everyone agrees how exactly to go about that.
Connecticut was ranked as the worst state for renters according to a recent study.
Consumer Affairs noted high costs and a 3.5% vacancy rate.
“We’ve allowed the housing crisis — supply shortage — to get so severe that it’s impacting people of all income levels, or most income levels and it’s impacting the ability of our state to grow,” said Sean Ghio, from Partnership for Strong Communities.
While affordable housing development is taking place – including in West Hartford – in other places projects are delayed or denied.
With calls for more than 100,000 units to be built in the state, some see this as a greater affordability crisis.