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Study Suggests Services Necessary to Move Families from Shelter to Stable Housing

July 22, 2010 - Research assessing New York City's rapid re-housing programs over the last eight years suggests that well-intentioned efforts to move families from shelters to housing - primarily with time-limited rental assistance vouchers - has not been as effective as hoped.

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Estimated 36,000 Doubled Up In CT

July 8, 2010 - The National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) in a recent study estimates that 4.85 million people are living in housing units with extended family, friends and other non-relatives due to economic hardship nationwide.  This includes an estimated 36,000 individuals in Connecticut alone. 

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Resources and Reports on Housing Affordability, Economic Growth and Transit Oriented Development

July 7, 2010 - The Partnership summarized some new reports on Housing Affordability, Economic Growth and Transit Oriented Development from the New England Public Policy Center at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, HousingWorksRI and the Urban Land Conservancy / Home Builders Association of Metro Denver.

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DECD Preparing Ranking System to Favor Supportive Housing

July 7, 2010 - The Department of Economic and Community Development is preparing a rating and ranking system for development grants that will provide extra points for developers including supportive housing in their projects.

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CHFA Approves QAP, Invites Public Comment

July 7, 2010 - The 2011 Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Draft Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) has been approved by the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority's ("CHFA") Board of Directors for public comment and is now available. 

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Innovations in Housing Affordability

July 6, 2010 - Hear Matthew Linden of ConsciousBuild present an innovative approach to affordable housing in San Luis Opisbo fostered by a builder, a housing authority, architecture students and a design firm. 

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Financial Reform Bill Addresses Several Housing Concerns

July 6, 2010 - Congress has wrangled for a long time to develop legislation that would reform how financial institutions are regulated, and put in place greater consumer protections.  The House on June 30 passed the bill coming out of the House-Senate conference committee, a major step toward final adoption.

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Housing Funds Pass Key Appropriations Subcommittee

July 6, 2010 - The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (T-HUD) approved its FY11 appropriations bill on July 1. It proposes $46.579 billion in discretionary funds for HUD, over $1 billion more than the President’s request.

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National Housing Trust Fund $1 Billion Delayed Again

July 6, 2010 - The U.S. Senate went on July 4th recess without acting on H.R. 4213, the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010 (a.k.a. the extender bill). The bill includes the long-awaited $1.065 billion for the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF).

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