State and local officials celebrated progress being made on a mixed use redevelopment project in South Norwalk that came to a halt eight years ago. They held a groundbreaking ceremony on an already finished concrete floor.

Tremont Flats, in the converted Aeolian Organ and Music Company factory, will be a mixed-income building, with 11 market rate units and the remaining 71 catering to families of various income levels.

The Bayonet Street apartment building will have a total of 64 units, with the majority reserved for residents in need of housing assistance, with a batch reserved for adults with intellectual disabilities.

Dixwell Avenue in New Haven used to be lined with businesses decades ago, and local officials hope a new multi-use development project will bring some of that hustle and bustle back.

Both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have issued housing proposals. But many of the policies that both candidates would like to create nationally already exist in Connecticut.

A local nonprofit preschool and local lawmakers are pushing to expand options for at-home day cares and ways to tackle both the affordability crises in both housing and child care.

Many social workers in Connecticut are pushing to educate unhoused residents on their voting rights ahead of November's presidential election.

Community advocates and legislators want to revisit the establishment of a permanent state child tax credit to help families struggling to make ends meet. About 75% of Connecticut’s families would qualify.

Connecticut’s aging housing leaves children particularly vulnerable to lead poisoning, which can lead to damage to the brain, kidneys and nervous system. Nearly 1,000 public housing apartments in Hartford and Norwich will be remediated.

As Connecticut’s housing crisis rages on, residents are looking for ways to fight the rising costs and lack of housing, and turning to state officials for help.

Local renters and housing advocates rallied in Bridgeport last week, hoping the city council will approve a Tenants Bill of Rights, focused on 14 proposed solutions to housing inequity.

The apartment complex, on Wilton Road, will house 19 families earning at or below 60% of the Area’s Median Income (AMI). The median household income in Westport is $242,868.