Abigail Brone
Housing ReporterAbigail is º£½Ç»»ÆÞ's housing reporter, covering statewide housing developments and issues, with an emphasis on Fairfield County communities. She received her master's from Columbia University in 2020 and graduated from the University of º£½Ç»»ÆÞ in 2019. Abigail previously covered statewide transportation and the city of Norwalk for Hearst º£½Ç»»ÆÞ Media. She loves all things Disney and cats.
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Shelter workers from across º£½Ç»»ÆÞ are receiving training on how to better address the needs of clients. The training, held by the National Alliance, focused on how º£½Ç»»ÆÞ providers can manage their expectations for clients. -
A state program aimed at providing homes for unhoused families with children is being expanded to 50 additional homeless families. -
A free state pilot program, which sends nurses and health workers to the homes of new mothers and newborns in the Bridgeport area, is expanding to Norwich. -
Tenants unions have gotten towns to establish fair rent commissions and pushed the legislature to make it easier for renters to secure legal aid when facing eviction. Now, they're getting more and more popular. -
More than 20 neglected properties across 18 º£½Ç»»ÆÞ towns and cities will be fixed up and redeveloped for new housing and businesses, using $20 million in state grants. -
Four affordable homes constructed on Hazel Street will be part of a neighborhood revitalization effort in New Haven. The Housing Clinic, a partnership between the state Department of Housing and Yale University, will provide homeownership opportunities for four families, and a form of passive income. -
º£½Ç»»ÆÞ preschool teachers with college degrees typically earn about 30% less than their counterparts in kindergarten through eighth grade school systems. Friends Center for Children in New Haven hopes its free teacher housing program will be the model for a nationwide shift. -
Residents of Concord Hills, a Hartford apartment complex are being told to find new housing. This comes more than three months after being displaced by an apartment fire, and forced to live in hotels. -
Homeless service providers say state lawmakers need to appropriate a guaranteed annual amount to operate the cold weather shelters this legislative session, to allow shelters to prepare for next winter. -
Under the proposed law, public housing agencies and landlords cannot retaliate against Section 8 voucher recipients and renters in low-income housing developments for creating tenants unions.
