Darien senior citizens and/or disabled people who are renters may be eligible for a rent rebate from the State of Connecticut for the year 2016. The program, which is now in progress, will continue through Sept. 31, 2017 at the … Continue reading
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38th Annual FHACT Fair Housing Conference : Shining a Light on Fair Housing Rights in 2017 April 26 This exciting conference features an Interactive Audience Participation Event on “How to Recognize and Prevent Implicit Bias”; a panel on “‘Second Chance’ Programs … Continue reading
Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Connecticut Department of Housing (DOH) Commissioner Evonne M. Klein today announced that nearly $13 million is being awarded to 21 municipalities in Connecticut to provide important upgrades and improvements to the state’s affordable housing stock … Continue reading
They didn’t want to end up in a traditional retirement home. They wanted to remain the actors in their own lives. Seven years after their first discussions about how to age well, a group of retired people is starting to … Continue reading
Registration is Now Open for the 37th Annual FHACt Fair Housing Conference ‘Steps to Eradicating Housing Discrimination and Patterns of Segregation’ Thursday, April 28, 2016 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM Sheraton Hartford South 100 Capital Boulevard, Rocky Hill, CT 06067 … Continue reading
The Town of Darien ( Town ) , through Imagineers , will accept 200 pre – applications for its Affordable Home ownership Program of Clock Hill Homes Association, Inc. (CHH) waiting list through a computer generated lottery . Clock Hill … Continue reading
by Susan Campbell, communications director at Partnership for Strong Communities, and Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness board member. “We have learned, in many efforts across the nation, that dedicating the resources to end the homelessness of those who are long … Continue reading
New Haven’s 100-Day Challenge to End Homelessness has ended and the results are in. Workers from different community and state agencies teamed up for the challenge and set a goal of finding housing for 75 percent of the city’s chronically … Continue reading
Riding on a city bus, Cynthia Keller got a phone call. She started weeping. After four years of homelessness, she learned she would finally have a place of her own. The phone call announcing a “golden ticket”—or housing voucher—came thanks … Continue reading
Editor’s note: This letter ran in the June 2 edition of the Register. A ‘livable community’ requires accessibility If persons with disabilities were in the mind of the general population, sidewalks and access routes would not be obstructed by vehicles; … Continue reading