CTNewsJunkie | By: Julie Martin Banks
Connecticut has a housing crisis on its hands, officials said this week, but there are things residents can do to advocate for affordable housing.
Representatives from Hartford-based Open Communities Alliance, a civil-rights organization, released two reports Wednesday outlining how local citizens can work with town and state officials to attract and retain residents in their communities.
They also discussed how local officials can utilize existing infrastructure — sewer and septic systems — to help meet the state’s affordable housing needs.
The reports — titled Creating Affordability: A Guide for Local Zoning Advocates and Pipeline to Prosperity: What Local Affordable Housing Advocates Need to Know About Sewer and Septic Infrastructure — are now available to the public.