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The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development is is proposing a drastic and immediate change to the Continuum of Care (CoC) program, the main source of federal funding to help end homelessness in Connecticut. This fact sheet outlines the statewide impact of these changes.

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.

Experts from Berlin Rosen, an Orchestra company and a full service communications firm, walk through the basics of building a relationship with local reporters, tips and tricks for interviewing with a reporter, and staying disciplined with your core messaging.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The State of Connecticut now has a Right to Counsel Program to provide free, experienced lawyers to eligible tenants facing eviction or loss of housing subsidy.

Connecticut Legal Services transforms the lives of low- income people facing issues such as homelessness, a lack of medical care, and domestic violence.

All renters (also called tenants) have legal rights. You have these rights even if you do not have a written lease agreement or you told your landlord you would give up your rights. This page from CT Law Help explains your rights and responsibilities as a renter in Connecticut.

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.

This fact sheet presents current data on income, wages, and housing costs to illustrate the growing gap between what residents earn and what it costs to live in the city. Using information from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the United Way Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed report (ALICE), and recent job and rental listings, it highlights how rising home values and stagnant wages have made Waterbury increasingly unaffordable for many workers and households.

This fact sheet presents current data on income, wages, and housing costs to illustrate the growing gap between what residents earn and what it costs to live in the city. Using information from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the United Way Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed report (ALICE), and recent job and rental listings, it highlights how rising home values and stagnant wages have made Waterbury increasingly unaffordable for many workers and households.

This fact sheet presents current data on income, wages, and housing costs to illustrate the growing gap between what residents earn and what it costs to live in the city. Using information from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the United Way Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed report (ALICE), and recent job and rental listings, it highlights how rising home values and stagnant wages have made Waterbury increasingly unaffordable for many workers and households.

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.

Landlords and property owners play a vital role in supporting tenant stability. For those renting to individuals with lived experience of homelessness, understanding potential challenges is essential to building strong, mutually beneficial relationships.

This session – held in collaboration with the United Way of Greater Waterbury—focused on how rental subsidies work and how landlords can use them to support stable, long-term tenant relationships.

VeteransGuide.org and the 2025 Veterans Affairs Disability Calculator, an initiative by the Disability Advocate Group, LLC, is dedicated to helping U.S. armed forces veterans understand and secure the VA disability compensation they deserve. 

The CT Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services (DMHAS) Latino Outreach Program provides regional community outreach services designed to reduce the stigma that surrounds substance use in the Latino community. Latino Outreach workers provide informational sessions and training in traditional settings such as social service agencies as well as non-traditional settings within the Latino community to raise awareness on overdose prevention and substance use programs.

Learn the basics about one of the world's most popular social media platforms from Berlin Rosen, a top communications firm delivering public relations, digital strategy and creative services.

The Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence (CCADV) offers a variety of training sessions focused on supporting survivors through crisis intervention, mental health awareness, legal advocacy, and safety planning. Their trainings also address important topics like pet advocacy and community education to strengthen overall responses to domestic violence.

This resource introduces Motivational Interviewing as a practical, client-centered approach to helping people experiencing homelessness make positive changes in their lives. It provides training tools and techniques for service providers to engage clients through empathy, active listening, and goal-focused conversations.

This document provides guidance on op-ed-specific outreach, including best practices for placing op-eds, the key to writing compelling narratives and top contacts to know at local Connecticut publications. It also outlines essential media dos and don’ts to help you navigate interviews and outreach to journalists with confidence and clarity.

Find a laundry list of tips and best practices for multiple social media platforms. Learn how to effectively present yourself, your group, and your ideas on these platforms.

Pivoting phrases are one of the most useful tools we have when asked a negative or unfair question by a reporter or neighbor. Successful pivoting is as easy as the ABC’s; Acknowledging the question, Bridging back to key messages with pivot phrases and then Controlling what the person walks away with by repeating key messages.

This page explains how to apply for various benefits and services through the Connecticut Department of Social Services (DSS). Applicants can apply online, by phone, by mail, or in person. The page also highlights options for assistance to individuals with disabilities to help access programs like health coverage, food assistance, and cash aid.

FCCHO provides a fact sheet which details the relationship between housing and employment.

FCCHO provides a fact sheet which details the relationship between housing and economic development