Witness the struggle of those fighting for change in our state’s current housing crisis.
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The project is designed for Greenwich residents looking to downsize and for those who work in town but don’t live there, according to Phil Wharton, with Nimbus Properties, one of the developers. -
Supportive housing means affordable, often temporary homes, for people transitioning out of homelessness. In Connecticut, thousands are served annually by the supportive housing system, but there are ways it can be improved. -
Gubernatorial candidates are outlining how they would work to ensure residents' energy costs don't rise, through renewable energy and limiting public benefits charges. -
More than 60% of home builders report feeling the impacts of the tariffs on Canadian goods, including steel, plywood and aluminum. -
Families living under the ALICE threshold decreased by about 11,000 from 2023 to 2024, but the rates of financially strained families are once again increasing. -
About $2 million in state funding has gone toward the project, which is still in the early stages. The building was abandoned for about 24 years. -
More than five hundred kids in Connecticut are currently unhoused, a roughly 15% increase from last year. That includes children living in shelters, motels and doubled up with family or friends. -
In roughly the last year, there were about 55,000 calls to Connecticut’s 988 suicide hotline and more than 28,000 calls to the social services 211 hotline. -
The report found three new problems for working families: the continued rise in inflation, Connecticut’s worsening unemployment rate and cuts to federal aid programs. -
Two of the townhomes would be what the town calls “moderate housing,” where buyer incomes cannot exceed more than roughly $120 thousand to $190 thousand. -
Ten homes are being built in western Connecticut as part of an affordable housing effort spearheaded by the Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity. -
The group’s support of Lamont stems from his track record, trying to promote Connecticut as a desirable place to live. The group previously endorsed Lamont in 2022, but backed his Republican opponent in 2018.
