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Housing shift: More apartments, fewer McMansions — CT Mirror

By Judith Stahl On April 24, 2017 · Add Comment · In In the News
Tom Condon takes on the state of housing in Connecticutfrom including the effects of sprawl in the 1980s and 1990s, the need for affordable housing, and the regulations an demographics driving today’s development trends: “…many believe the state needs much more affordable housing to support economic growth. State housing officials are supporting an “inclusionary zoning”
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Affordable Housing Route To State Prosperity — The Hartford Courant

By Judith Stahl On April 2, 2017 · Add Comment · In In the News
David Fink, former Courant editor and reporter, and consultant with Partnership for Strong Communities in Hartford, delivers an op-ed with hope for Connecticut’s struggling economy. His solution: “Build the smaller, denser, more affordable, walkable-to-services homes the market wants, downsizing boomers seek and education-debt-burdened millennials need. Grand lists will rise, municipal taxes will fall, population will increase,
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Help The Partnership for Strong Communities Defend Affordable Housing

By Judith Stahl On February 13, 2017 · Add Comment · In In the News
The Housing Committee will hold a public hearing to consider legislation impacting the Affordable Housing Land Use Appeals statue.  You can be there to support this important legislation or sign up to testify for the hearing at 9:00 a.m. in the first floor lobby of the Legislative Office Building. Thursday, February 16th at 10:30 a.m.
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From Millennials to the Elderly, More Affordable Housing is Needed — Partnership for Strong Communities

By Judith Stahl On September 27, 2016 · Add Comment · In In the News
The Partnership’s Stephanie Berman teaches us all how the need for affordable housing in Connecticut affects everyone in the state.  From Millennials paying off college debt, to local teachers and first responders, to retirees living on fixed incomes, the limited housing options affect where and how Connecticut residents are living. “As much as we want
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Connecticut’s ‘Game of Zones’ important to affordable housing — CT Mirror

By Judith Stahl On July 25, 2016 · Add Comment · In Come Home to Downtown, In the News
Is it time to change local zoning laws that limit, or in some cases outright ban, affordable housing development in Connecticut?  Evonne M. Kline, Commissioner/Chair of the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Department of Housing/Connecticut Housing Finance Authority gives her opinion in the CT Mirror, and asks for your comments. Read her letter here.
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