“The policy needs and the needs of families and individuals in the state outweigh the value of taking an incremental approach" - @senatorduff Lawmakers have a date for special session & a clear mandate on affordability @abigailbrone @wnpr

🎉 We’re officially Great Place To Work Certified! Proud to celebrate the positive culture we’ve built at The Housing Collective. Grateful for our incredible team who make The Housing Collective a great place to work every day! #CertificationNationDay

Southeastern CT has its first tenant union 🪧🔑 We’ve been supporting the Bay Point tenants in East Lyme since their new landlord hiked rents last summer We’re proud to help them launch a new union w @cttenantsunion, the 20th in the state & counting 🗞️ https://t.co/7z19xPdHMU

Join us and @desegregateCT for a walk audit of the Noroton Heights Metro North station next month! Explore how Darien is expanding with transit-oriented housing on a station-area tour with local leaders and developers. Registration Link: https://t.co/PxcILZ6Fb9

What a conference @YIMBYtown 👏 Thanks to all who attended our panel on local use boards. Another major highlight was the @TamikaButler keynote 🔑 Great to connect with so many local & national YIMBYs! Now let's keep the momentum & build political will for housing in CT 🏘️

“It’s embarrassing” Hartford Mayor @arunanforct takes Connecticut to task on housing & HB5002 at @YIMBYtown cc @GovNedLamont

YIMBYtown in New Haven is going to be incredible this year. An awesome time to celebrate the bipartisan momentum for pro-housing reforms across the country and continue to work toward doing even more. Check out the set of topics and speakers here:

We can’t end homelessness if people have nowhere to live. As shelters overflow, @GovNedLamont vetoed HB 5002, a bill that could’ve helped fix CT’s housing shortage. Seniors are sleeping in cars while Fairfield County blocks solutions. It’s time for statewide action. (1/2)

Read our Special Examination on the One Big Beautiful Bill and what it means for Connecticut here: https://t.co/IQ0PohHdBt

From our partners at @CTHousingOpp — tune into their discussion of their Making Room at the Table report on 7/22 at noon! Learn ways we can make room for diverse voices in land use planning in CT ⬇️ https://t.co/fzKD0sEhYI

We are now on Bluesky!  Stay updated on housing news, affordable housing initiatives, and how you can get involved 💙

From our partners at @CTHousingOpp — tune into their discussion of their Making Room at the Table report on 7/22 at noon! Learn ways we can make room for diverse voices in land use planning in CT ⬇️ https://t.co/fzKD0sEhYI

A new report from our partners @HousingColl shows CT land-use boards are overwhelmingly white, male, older, and homeowners - i.e., not representative enough of the communities they serve. You can read more here:

Very important research coming from @CTHousingOpp. See the latest report on who makes land use decisions in CT:

@GinnyMonk @CTMirror Join us for a webinar later this month where commissioners, planners & our team will discuss the findings & recommendations from "Room at the Table" 📆 7/22 @ 12pm

"Honestly, if we had stipends available that could cover child care or cost of transportation or [the] cost of people’s time...I think we’d have a much larger pool of applicants," our Melissa Kaplan-Macey tells @GinnyMonk @CTMirror

Serving on a land use board is practically a part-time job. We can take steps to increase & support participation: -expand awareness of process -more outreach to groups -draft a "role description" -provide childcare -provide stipends -expand hybrid mtgs

"Room at the Table" finds 10% of seats are vacant across Fairfield & New London Counties, while 10% of members are serving in expired terms. There's plenty of room for more participation in the local land use decisionmaking process in Connecticut.

Land use boards like Planning & Zoning Commissions shape the future of towns & cities. Yet our survey of 105 boards reveals they are not representative of the communities they serve. For example, board members in New London County: 72% are male 97% are white 92% are homeowners

Who makes land use decisions in CT? Our new report finds women, renters & non-white people are severely underrepresented on local land use boards in Fairfield & New London Counties, while offering recommendations to increase & support participation. 🔗 https://t.co/AUj1TE6CwR