Since 2019, calls and online requests for help to the state’s 211 hotline have increased 300% and staffers are struggling to keep up with the influx in calls. The state is now stepping in to help. Gov. Ned Lamont recently allocated an additional $2.6 mill... See more
Living affordability advocates are pushing for a redefining of what it means to be impoverished in America. The current federal poverty level was established in the 1960s and is outdated, according to United Way. Under the federal poverty level, 11% of Co... See more
At least four unhoused people died due to the cold in 2025, according to Connecticut’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME). However, there are several other suspected cold weather-related deaths of unhoused people that are under investigation. Sev... See more
The site of the former University of Connecticut campus in West Hartford has sat fallow and blighted since the school moved its operations to downtown Hartford in 2017. However, work will soon begin on fixing up the land to be redeveloped into hundreds of... See more
Nine months after Hartford’s Vacant Lot Task Force was made public, the first properties to be rehabilitated were announced, and affordable homeownership opportunities could be ready within a year. The Vacant Lot Task Force and CT Home Funds program, anno... See more
