Caring for unhoused residents at crowded shelters during the winter can be difficult, particularly in the colder months when sickness spreads. Many of those seeking shelter are senior citizens, who are typically most at-risk for illness.

An affordable housing apartment complex in Stamford that has been under renovation for two-and-half years has reopened. Spruce Heights is the new name for the former housing cooperative, Coleman Towers. The redevelopment also resulted in an increase in the number of apartments, from 89 to more than 130.

Hartford’s housing task force has released a list of landlords that the city deems to be negligent. Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam says he plans to increase fines and building and health code enforcements for four apartment building owners.

Greyhill Group owns the Concord Hills apartment complex in Hartford, which was damaged in a fire last August. Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam says the city is targeting Greyhill Group for its delay in repairing the apartments, leaving tenants without secure housing.

Shelter workers from across Connecticut are receiving training on how to better address the needs of clients. The training, held by the National Alliance, focused on how Connecticut providers can manage their expectations for clients.

A state program aimed at providing homes for unhoused families with children is being expanded to 50 additional homeless families.

A free state pilot program, which sends nurses and health workers to the homes of new mothers and newborns in the Bridgeport area, is expanding to Norwich.

Tenants unions have gotten towns to establish fair rent commissions and pushed the legislature to make it easier for renters to secure legal aid when facing eviction. Now, they're getting more and more popular.

More than 20 neglected properties across 18 Connecticut towns and cities will be fixed up and redeveloped for new housing and businesses, using $20 million in state grants.

Four affordable homes constructed on Hazel Street will be part of a neighborhood revitalization effort in New Haven. The Housing Clinic, a partnership between the state Department of Housing and Yale University, will provide homeownership opportunities for four families, and a form of passive income.

Sara Bronin is an architect and attorney who chaired the Hartford Planning and Zoning Commission for seven years. She joined Where We Live to discuss her new book, 'Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World.'

Connecticut preschool teachers with college degrees typically earn about 30% less than their counterparts in kindergarten through eighth grade school systems. Friends Center for Children in New Haven hopes its free teacher housing program will be the model for a nationwide shift.