In Connecticut, the voucher waitlist has opened just twice in the last 17 years for new applicants.

Housing advocates and legislators say one way to increase affordable housing and bring down rent costs in Fairfield County is to unify zoning regulations this legislative session.

A new study by child advocacy nonprofit Connecticut Voices for Children highlighted ways in which it believes the baby bonds program can be improved.

Child advocacy group Voices for Children says a permanent child tax credit would help ease financial burdens for low- and moderate-income families.

Eight Connecticut communities are bolstering their housing initiatives with the help of $12 million dollars in state grants. The town of Morris will use the funds to increase affordable housing options.

Connecticut’s “Just Cause” eviction law protects residents who are at least 62-years-old or have a disability, and live in a building with five or more units, from groundless evictions. Advocates say the law should be expanded.

This hour, we get an update on efforts to address systemic flooding and sewage issues in Hartford's North End, including the Hartford Flood Relief and Compensation Program. Plus, repeated bouts of rain have also affected acres of farmland where we live. State Department of Agriculture Commissioner Bryan Hurlburt has an update.

For the last four months, Rosette residents and their advocates worked with the city of New Haven to bring the units up to code and get electricity connected. The electricity, and heat, was recently turned on.

The complex, dubbed The August, will be a 420-unit apartment building along Bridgeport’s waterfront.

The report shows the problem is worsened by restrictive housing construction laws and regulations throughout the state. It recommends more state government action to promote affordable housing.

Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven recently completed four affordable homes purchased by local residents.

The session lasted hours and called the attention of hundreds of public members to ensure their needs were being heard and represented.