Abigail Brone

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.

Connecticut preschool teachers with college degrees typically earn about 30% less than their counterparts in kindergarten through 8th grade school systems. The nonprofit preschool Friends Center for Children in New Haven hopes its free teacher housing program will be the model for a nationwide shift.

Under the proposed law, public housing agencies and landlords cannot retaliate against Section 8 voucher recipients and renters in low-income housing developments for creating tenants unions.

Connecticut landlords are outlining their hopes for the upcoming legislative session, with a focus on housing construction.

The purpose of the new laws is to ensure New Haven has safe, affordable housing and a way to create change if it isn’t. The number of apartments needed to form a tenants union was lowered while the fine for negligent landlords was increased.

A dozen housing experts gathered in Waterford recently to discuss ways to improve the housing crisis by increasing housing options and affordability, including reducing the property tax and creating boarding homes as shelter alternatives.

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.

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.

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