West Haven’s Allingtown Fire Department is launching a new program to address illegal apartments, often found in basements and attics. The program trained three firefighters to inspect buildings suspected of having illegal apartments.

The Connecticut State Department of Education has announced a new partnership with the nonprofit RE!NSTITUTE. They will work to find new ways to connect homeless families with social services.

The Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment Authority has a new name and a new plan for creating new housing near transit. It will launch a study into the potential for housing and development near the state’s major transit hubs and main streets.

Connecticut residents are stressed over the lack of affordable housing. Can lawmakers help? Also on this week’s Wheelhouse, Congressman John Larson tells us why he’s fired up about the future of Social Security.

Only a third of extremely low-income renters can find affordable homes. Extremely low income is a federal Department of Housing and Urban Development designation for families earning below 30% of the area’s median income.

Residents of Victory Gardens in Newington, a majority-veteran housing complex, say they have been denied access to the community room and the basements attached to each apartment, and the landlord has refused to reach an agreement.

A New Haven tenants union is resuming protests against the trustee of their State Street apartment building.

Housing advocates say converting motels to long-term housing is an opportunity to take advantage of underutilized spaces. Those against the proposal say the as-of-right nature takes away the local zoning board’s power.

A proposed bill providing residents the right to sleep and eat on public property was recently approved by the state’s Housing Committee. The bill, a response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, is next up for General Assembly approval.

The state’s Housing Committee voted to approve the expansion of Connecticut’s Just Cause Eviction law. The bill moves next to the state's House of Representatives for a final vote.

We explore the way racist housing policies like redlining have impacted generations of Americans as law professor Bernadette Atuahene discusses her new book 'Plundered.'

Connecticut lawmakers are looking at creative ways to add more housing. That includes rehabbing old hotels and incentivizing developers to build apartments above shops.