Safe and affordable housing is out of reach for thousands of households in CT, driving many low income wage earners and traditionally vulnerable and marginalized residents into homelessness and a generational cycle of poverty and housing instability.
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 50% of renter households were identified as cost-burdened, paying up to 50% or more of income on rent. As in many other geographies adjacent to metro New York, CT has seen a startling increase in both rents and the price of homes that is pushing essential workers and low-moderate income residents out of the region entirely. Our 2021 statewide housing study quantifies the affordable housing gap in the region at 86,000, meaning there are 86,000 more low-income households than low-income housing units.
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We partner with nearly four hundred organizations working to prevent homelessness and address housing affordability.
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In the last year, we have housed nearly two thousand people and diverted over five thousand additional people from homelessness.
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Our research shows that Connecticut needs an additional 86,068 homes that are affordable to meet current demand.
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Increased investment in solutions to end homelessness and increase affordable housing in the last ten years.
