Develop & Finance Housing

How can you build housing in your community? What types of models exist in Connecticut and can they work for you? Find the answers to these questions below, and learn more about developing and financing housing, from community land trusts to financing options and more.

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Expanding Accessory Dwelling Units in Connecticut

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Overview of Community Land Trusts in Connecticut

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Community Land Trusts 101

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Start Small: A guide to financing small multifamily building projects

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In this series of policy briefs, the AEI Housing Center provides an overview of current challenges in the U.S. housing market, where constrained supply and high prices are burdening household budgets and preventing people from living where their best job opportunities are located.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Land Use; Zoning; Housing Development
Audience Officials
Region CT

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This guide is a straightforward tool that gives you the basic knowledge you need to navigate financing a small multifamily project, whether that entails acquisition, refinance, rehabilitation, new construction or all four. The Community Preservation Corporation (CPC) is a nonprofit, affordable housing and community revitalization finance company that believes housing is central to transforming underserved neighborhoods into thriving and vibrant communities.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Community Land Trust; Housing Affordability; Housing Trust Fund; Housing Development
Audience Officials
Region CT

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The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) together with Regional Plan Association and The Housing Collective partnered to investigate creative solutions to advance the production of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in Connecticut and the potential for their utilization for affordable housing.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity; The Housing Collective
Topic Housing Affordability; Housing Development
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region CT

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“Missing Middle” Housing is multi-family structures that exist in harmony with single-family neighborhoods. Middle Housing is more walkable, sustainable, and attainable than single-family homes, promoting home ownership and rental options for everyone.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Zoning; Housing Development
Region USA

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This discussion will explore the practical aspects of managing community land trusts, nonprofit organizations that help preserve housing affordability in rural, suburban, and urban communities. Brenda Torpy of Champlain Housing Trust, the country's largest community land trust, will share her insight and experience.

Initiative The Housing Collective; Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Community Land Trust; Housing Development
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region CT

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Community land trusts (CLTs) are nonprofit organizations that help preserve housing affordability in rural, suburban, and urban communities. During this discussion, leaders from community land trusts in Connecticut share real-world examples of land trusts in action—ranging from urban multi-unit developments to suburban scattered-site homes and rural projects. You will gain insights into how CLTs operate, their relationships with local governments, and how they support residents’ long-term success through training, collaboration, and equitable land stewardship. This webinar was part of a three-part series, Building Community with Community Land Trusts.

Initiative The Housing Collective; Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Community Land Trust; Housing Development
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region CT

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Community land trusts are nonprofit organizations that help preserve housing affordability in rural, suburban, and urban communities. This discussion with Jason Webb or Grounded Solutions Network will introduce the concept of community land trusts and explain how they work.

Initiative The Housing Collective; Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Community Land Trust; Housing Development
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region CT

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This report by the Connecticut Land Conservation Council explores how land trusts can support affordable housing in Connecticut. It outlines three key strategies: understanding local housing needs, forming partnerships, and taking action on housing projects—while maintaining conservation goals.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Community Land Trust; Housing Affordability; Conservation; Housing Development
Audience Community Organizations; Residents
Region CT

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A Community Land Trust (CLT) is focused on providing affordable housing for multiple generations with each unit of housing that is produced. This report details how CLTs work and where they currently operate in Connecticut.

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut; Fairfield County Center for Housing Opportunity; Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity; Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Land Use; Housing Development
Audience Community Organizations; Officials
Region Eastern CT; Fairfield County, CT; Litchfield County, CT

Non-Profits Launch “Housing For All” Network to Support Grassroots Pro-Housing Movement in Connecticut

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05.27.26

A CT town is turning a vintage school into housing. How and why they ‘saw that as an opportunity’

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03.09.26

Letter to the Editor - Housing, Land Use, Community

In the Media

03.04.26

Hayes tours new affordable home in recent visit to Salisbury

In the Media

02.03.26

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Develop & Finance Housing

Featured Resources

Expanding Accessory Dwelling Units in Connecticut

Overview of Community Land Trusts in Connecticut

Community Land Trusts 101

Start Small: A guide to financing small multifamily building projects

Join the Housing for All Network

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