Author: Ginny Monk, CTMirror.org

These centers don’t have access to information about the outcomes of the state Department of Children and Families’ investigations The Connecticut State Capitol on January 7, 2025. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror Workers who take care of children at Connecticut’s therapeutic autism centers aren’t required to…

NORWALK, Conn. — Units at Brookside Housing Cooperatives in Waterbury, a co-op built on land owned by a land trust, range in size depending on tenants' needs. Some even have four bedrooms. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror A new report suggests that Connecticut’s laws make the…

Gov. Ned Lamont gives the keynote address at the Connecticut Housing Conference on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024 in Hartford. Credit: Ginny Monk / CT Mirror Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday spoke about the state’s housing crisis and repeated calls for solutions to come through local…

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont and Department of Housing Commissioner Seila Mosquera Bruno sat for a “fireside chat” at the state’s one-day housing conference. CREDIT: SHAHRZAD RASEKH / CT MIRROR Internal emails exchanged among high ranking officials at Connecticut’s Department of Housing last year reveal deep…

The low inventory comes at a time when interest rates are rising to the highest level reported in more than two decades Two-acre zoning and high real estate costs make Weston out of reach of low income families, June 23, 2020. (Cloe Poisson, CTMirror.org) A…

A proposed technical adjustment to one of the state’s foremost affordable housing laws could put many Connecticut towns well over the threshold that exempts them from potential legal action if they deny developers’ proposals for certain affordable housing — without any new housing going up…