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For the past few years, º£½Ç»»ÆÞ warming centers were funded by COVID-19 relief dollars, which are set to expire. Shelter organizers are worried about how they will keep their doors open.

The Build for CT program, administered by the º£½Ç»»ÆÞ Housing Finance Authority, recently received an additional $50 million from the state’s bond commission. Since it's 2023 formation, the program's created nearly 2,000 affordable homes.

Un equipo de siete trabajadores comunitarios de salud y enfermeros realiza visitas a los hogares para llevar a cabo chequeos médicos de rutina. Además, ayudan a las familias a acceder a servicios sociales y recursos, suministrando pañales y fórmula.

El programa Head Start on Housing apoya a familias sin techo con niños inscritos en el programa federal de educación infantil Head Start obtengan un vale de Sección 8 de manera acelerada, lo que les permite asegurar un hogar permanente.

Caring for unhoused residents at crowded shelters during the winter can be difficult, particularly in the colder months when sickness spreads. Many of those seeking shelter are senior citizens, who are typically most at-risk for illness.

An affordable housing apartment complex in Stamford that has been under renovation for two-and-half years has reopened. Spruce Heights is the new name for the former housing cooperative, Coleman Towers. The redevelopment also resulted in an increase in the number of apartments, from 89 to more than 130.

Las uniones de inquilinos han apoyado a los arrendatarios en todo el estado al lograr que los municipios establezcan comisiones de alquiler justo. Además, han presionado a los legisladores estatales para que aprueben leyes que faciliten el acceso a asistencia legal a los arrendatarios que enfrentan un desalojo.

Hartford’s housing task force has released a list of landlords that the city deems to be negligent. Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam says he plans to increase fines and building and health code enforcements for four apartment building owners.

A través de la organización sin fines de lucro Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS), viviendas multifamiliares ofrecerán oportunidades de titularidad a cuatro familias, que no solo disfrutarán de un nuevo hogar, sino que también contarán con ingresos pasivos gracias a una unidad de alquiler. Este proyecto forma parte del Housing Clinic, una colaboración entre el Departamento de la Vivienda del estado (DOH, por sus siglas en inglés) y la Universidad de Yale.

Greyhill Group owns the Concord Hills apartment complex in Hartford, which was damaged in a fire last August. Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam says the city is targeting Greyhill Group for its delay in repairing the apartments, leaving tenants without secure housing.