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This lookbook features details and images of five successful affordable housing developments which the Southeastern Connecticut Housing Alliance highlighted during their 2024 bus tour of the region: the Greenville Homes in Norwich; Oxoboxo Lofts in Montville; and the Bayonet Street Apartments, Gorton Street Home, and Friendship Street Duplexes in New London.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity; Eastern Connecticut Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Data

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To help communities understand and address challenges related to housing affordability, LCCHO and Regional Plan Association offer data and analysis on housing, incomes, and affordability.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials
Media Website
Region Litchfield County, CT

Research

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The Northeast Connecticut Council of Governments (NECCOG) has updated its comprehensive economic development strategy for the region with additional sections to address housing, economic development, workforce and educational development, small business development, healthcare access, etc.

Initiative Eastern Connecticut Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Workforce; Housing Affordability; Employment
Audience Community Organizations; Officials
Media Website
Region Eastern CT

Advocacy

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This toolkit provides examples of messages you can use to build more public support for affordable housing in Eastern Connecticut, and guidance about how to deliver those messages in your community.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Outreach; Community Organizing
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region Eastern CT

Training

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Learn more about what affordable housing is, who needs it, your commission’s obligations under the Fair Housing Act, and other resources you may need to address housing needs in your town.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Land Use; Zoning
Audience Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region Litchfield County, CT

Research

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The Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released a new toolkit to help HUD grantees and community developers support faith-based organizations that want to build and preserve affordable housing in their communities, in partnership with the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC).

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations
Media PDF
Region USA

Research

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Urban Institute and Fairfield County's Community Foundation describe the potential economic benefits of closing Black and Latino racial gaps in income, education, and housing in Fairfield County.

Initiative Fairfield County Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Employment; Workforce
Audience Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region Fairfield County, CT

Research

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A panel of housing experts and policymakers to discuss the findings of a new report from the State of Connecticut on segregation and housing, as part of the Fairfield County Talks Housing series.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Land Use; Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region CT

Advocacy

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National systems change expert, Dr. Tiffany Manuel, PhD, President and CEO of TheCaseMade, will review the results of in-depth research into the challenges to building public support for affordable housing in Fairfield County.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region Fairfield County, CT

Policy

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This session covers topics including CGS 8-30g, Connecticut’s Zoning Enabling Act (PA 21-29), and other municipal zoning issues, as part of the 2022 Litchfield County Housing Affordability Summit.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Zoning
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region Litchfield County, CT

Research

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Website
Region Eastern CT

Advocacy

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Leaders from education and youth development talk with elected officials about the relationship of housing and education, as part of the Fairfield County Talks Housing series.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Education; Youth
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region Fairfield County, CT

Advocacy

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Learn about our new playbook designed to help you change the conversation on affordable housing, as part of the Litchfield County Housing Affordability Summit.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Outreach
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region Litchfield County, CT

Advocacy

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See examples of how organizations in both conservation and housing are working together in the region, as part of the 2023 Litchfield County Housing Affordability Summit.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Conservation; Community Organizing
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region Litchfield County, CT

Advocacy

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Housing and community development practitioners discuss how we can make our communities more sustainable, as part of the Fairfield County Talks Housing series.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Conservation; Community Organizing
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region Fairfield County, CT

Research

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Isabel Almeida of United Way discusses the growing number of ALICE (“Asset Constrained, Income Limited, Employed”) households in Fairfield County, as part of the Fairfield County Talks Housing series.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Workforce; Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region Fairfield County, CT

Policy

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Learn how short-term rentals like those on AirBnB and VRBO are affecting housing availability and affordability in our region, and how communities can address challenges around these units.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Land Use
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region Litchfield County, CT

Research

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See the new online Housing Needs Assessment tool for Litchfield County. Learn about the housing, demographic, and affordability data that is available for your town. See examples of how this tool can be used to support housing efforts in your community.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Land Use
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region Litchfield County, CT

Advocacy

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We explore the difference between workforce housing and affordable housing and which jobs in the Litchfield County region require affordable housing.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Workforce
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region Litchfield County, CT

Advocacy

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Housing and economic develop experts will discuss how housing can be an economic driver for Fairfield County and the state as a whole during this brown bag lunch, part of the Fairfield County Talks Housing series.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Webinar
Region Fairfield County, CT

Training

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This recorded webinar focuses on preventing eviction and working effectively with landlords and tenants.

Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Case Management; Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations
Media Webinar
Region USA

Training

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This recorded webinar examines the “frequent user” definition used by several communities to target this population for interventions such as coordinated care and housing aimed at reducing their cost to the system along with improving health.

Training

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Agenda: Project Entry Requirements, Unit Search and Approval Requirements, Leasing Requirements, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Requirements

Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations
Media Video
Region CT

Advocacy

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

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Education
Audience Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region CT

Advocacy

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

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Health
Audience Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region CT

Advocacy

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

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Employment; Workforce
Audience Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region CT

Advocacy

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

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Education; Health
Audience Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Eastern Connecticut Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Eastern Connecticut Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Tolland County.

Initiative Eastern Connecticut Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Tolland County.

Initiative Eastern Connecticut Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Tolland County.

Initiative Eastern Connecticut Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Tolland County.

Initiative Eastern Connecticut Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Tolland County.

Initiative Eastern Connecticut Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Tolland County.

Initiative Eastern Connecticut Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Tolland County.

Initiative Eastern Connecticut Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Tolland County.

Initiative Eastern Connecticut Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Tolland County.

Initiative Eastern Connecticut Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Tolland County.

Initiative Eastern Connecticut Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Advocacy

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CHEO and national systems change experts TheCaseMade developed a playbook to help advocates build more public support for affordable housing by improving the way they make their case.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Outreach
Audience Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Eastern Connecticut Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Eastern Connecticut Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Eastern Connecticut Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Eastern Connecticut Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Eastern Connecticut Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Eastern Connecticut Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Eastern Connecticut Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Eastern Connecticut Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Eastern Connecticut Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Eastern Connecticut Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Eastern Connecticut Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Scorecards

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CHEO developed scorecards to assess the quality of the affordable housing plans produced by communities in Windham County.

Initiative Eastern Connecticut Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Region Eastern CT

Training

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This webinar, recorded in Aug 2023, focuses on the intersection of housing and child welfare and how Family Unification Program federal housing vouchers can support the well-being and stability of families involved with the child welfare system.

Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Housing Affordability; Youth
Audience Community Organizations; Officials
Media Webinar
Region USA

Advocacy

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This toolkit provides examples of messages you can use to build more public support for affordable housing in Litchfield County, and guidance about how to deliver those messages in your community.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Outreach; Community Organizing
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region Litchfield County, CT

Advocacy

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LCCHO and national systems change experts TheCaseMade developed a playbook to help advocates build more support for affordable housing by changing how they make their case.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Outreach; Community Organizing
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region Litchfield County, CT

Training

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This recorded webinar discusses Moving On (sometimes called “Moving Up”) initiatives that further advance supportive housing as a platform for tenant success by empowering tenants who no longer need or want to live in supportive housing.

Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Supportive Housing; Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations
Media Webinar
Region USA

Training

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This brief document provides tips on how to recruit and interview board members for your affordable housing non-profit.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Capacity Building
Audience Community Organizations
Media PDF
Region Litchfield County, CT

Training

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This guide will demonstrate how to hold a successful onboarding or orientation meeting for new board members at your affordable housing non-profit.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Capacity Building
Audience Community Organizations
Media PDF
Region Litchfield County, CT

Training

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This toolkit is intended to help local housing non-profits identify funding sources and strategies to meet their specific funding needs.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Capacity Building
Audience Community Organizations
Media PDF
Region Litchfield County, CT

Data

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This inventory – updated annually by the Northwest CT Regional Housing Council – identifies affordable housing developments in each of the 21 towns that the Council covers.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials
Media Website
Region Litchfield County, CT

Data

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These town-level housing data profiles, produced by Partnership for Strong Communities, are intended to help Connecticut residents, officials and developers make data-informed decisions about housing.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Website
Region CT

Advocacy

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

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Education; Health
Audience Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region CT

Advocacy

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FCCHO details the investments communities can make with their share of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to improve and diversify their housing stock.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Supportive Housing; Health
Audience Officials; Residents
Media PDF
Region CT

Research

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FCCHO partnered with Regional Plan Association to analyze the potential and conditions for accessory dwelling units (ADU) and single-family home conversions in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Website
Region Fairfield County, CT

Data

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To help communities understand and address housing challenges, FCCHO commissioned data and analysis on demographics and housing characteristics for all towns and cities in Fairfield County, CT.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials
Media Website
Region Fairfield County, CT

Research

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This statewide database tracks supply and demand for affordable and accessible housing in real time for the benefit of officials, citizens, developers, and advocates alike.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
Media Website
Region CT

Training

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The Connecticut Department of Housing released this guidebook to help municipalities develop their local affordable housing plans, as required by state statute 8-30j.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations; Officials
Media PDF
Region CT

Training

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This recorded webinar is designed to explain how housing authorities have the ability to create two key resources that can alter the landscape of homeless assistance and create more housing opportunities/resources for vulnerable households.

Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Homelessness; Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations
Media Webinar
Region USA

Training

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Topics include: Income Determination & Rent Calculation, Re-determination, Project Exit Requirements, and DMHAS-specific Requirements

Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Housing Affordability
Audience Community Organizations
Media Video
Region CT

Research

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FCCHO and Urban Institute present the first comprehensive look at affordable and accessible housing needs across CT, commissioned by the Department of Housing and Department of Social Services.

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Older Adults
Audience Community Organizations; Officials
Media PDF
Region CT

Training

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Initiative Opening Doors
Topic Housing Affordability; Homelessness
Audience Community Organizations
Media Webinar
Region USA

Scorecards

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