CT Insider | By: Alex Putterman
In recent months, Gov. Ned Lamont has regularly touted Connecticut’s rate of state-financed housing construction, which he describes as a key tool to address high rents and low vacancy rates.
During his State of the State address in January, for example, he alluded to “more new housing we’ve built today than any time in a long time.” A month later, during his budget address, he said the state had “built 70% more housing than just eight years ago.”
Yet data from Lamont’s office shows the number of state-financed units completed in Connecticut declined in 2024 and has steadily declined while he’s been in office. In fact, a CT Insider review found, the 2024 total marked a 13-year low, dating back to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s tenure.
Altogether, the data shows, Connecticut completed 1,335 state-financed housing units in 2024, a 33% drop from the prior year and 49% drop compared to 2019. Of the 1,335 completed homes state aid contributed to last year, 560 were new units and the remaining were rehab units.