The Housing Collective

Impact

The Centers for Housing Opportunity provide education, community advocacy support, and technical assistance to drive impact and advance regional housing solutions.

Case Study

Providing Community Education in Eastern Connecticut

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability; Housing Development

Research

2025 Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut Impact Report

Initiative The Housing Collective; Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability; Capacity Building; Collective Impact; Community Organizing

Research

Fairfield County Center for Housing Opportunity 2025 Impact Report

Initiative Fairfield County Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Collective Impact; Housing Affordability

Research

Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity 2025 Impact Report

Initiative Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Capacity Building; Collective Impact; Housing Affordability; Housing Development

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Research

Centers for Housing Opportunity Impact Report 2025

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Capacity Building; Collective Impact; Community Organizing; Housing Development

Case Study

Delivering Affordable Homeownership Opportunities

Initiative Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Capacity Building; Collective Impact; Community Land Trust; Housing Affordability

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Fact Sheet

New London County Housing Fact Sheets

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability; Employment; Workforce
Authors Caroline Wells, Nicole McCormack

New London Connecticut Housing Aerial

Research

Room at the Table: Increasing Civic Participation in Local Land Use Decision-Making

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Land Use; Zoning
Authors Melissa Kaplan-Macey, Beth Sabilia, Lynn Haig, Emma Heintz, Mark McNulty, Nicole McCormack; Additional contributions and data collection by Ron Flores, Connecticut College Professor of Sociology, and interns Mahika Ahmed, Tiana Brathwaite, Annika Brown, Joshua Caskey, Ava Gebhart, and Kiersten Posey

Research

Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity 2024 Impact Report

Initiative Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Capacity Building; Collective Impact

Research

Fairfield County Center for Housing Opportunity 2024 Impact Report

Initiative Fairfield County Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Capacity Building; Collective Impact

Research

Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut 2024 Impact Report

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability; Capacity Building; Collective Impact

Case Study

Building Bridges with Campus Conversations on Housing Justice

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability; Communications

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Research

Fairfield County Income & Affordability Fact Sheets

Initiative Fairfield County Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Employment; Workforce
Authors Lynn Haig, Emma Heintz

Case Study

Developing Affordable Housing in Rural Connecticut

Initiative Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Capacity Building

Research

Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity 2023 Impact Report

Initiative Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability

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Research

Northwest Connecticut Affordable Housing and Conservation Strategy

Initiative Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Conservation; Land Use

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Eastern Connecticut Housing Needs Analysis

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability; Employment; Land Use; Workforce; Zoning

Case Study

Organizing for a Fair Rent Commission in East Lyme

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability; Older Adults; Community Organizing

Research

Affordable Housing Plan Scorecards: Tolland County

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability

Research

Affordable Housing Plan Scorecards: Windham County

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability

Research

Litchfield County Housing Needs Assessment Tool

Initiative Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Employment; Land Use; Workforce; Zoning

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Research

An Overview in Connecticut: Community Land Trusts

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability

Research

Building Community Support for Affordable Housing in Litchfield County: a Playbook

Initiative Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Collective Impact; Communications; Community Organizing

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Research

Building Community Support for Affordable Housing in Litchfield County: a Toolkit

Initiative Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Collective Impact; Communications; Community Organizing

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Research

Stable Homes, Strong Communities

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability; Collective Impact; Communications; Community Organizing

Litchfield County Housing Aerial

Research

Eastern Connecticut Housing Conversations Toolkit

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability; Collective Impact; Communications; Community Organizing

Research

Affordable Housing Plan Scorecards: New London County

Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability

Research

Recruitment Strategies for Affordable Housing Non-Profits

Initiative Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Capacity Building; Communications

Research

Onboarding Guide for Affordable Housing Non-Profits

Initiative Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Capacity Building

Research

Fundraising Toolkit for Local Housing Non-Profits

Initiative Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Capacity Building; Communications

Research

Affordable Housing Plan Scorecards: Fairfield County

Initiative Fairfield County Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability

Research

Connecticut Housing Accessibility & Affordability County Fact Sheets

Initiative Fairfield County Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Accessibility

Research

Northwest Connecticut Affordable Housing Inventory

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability

Research

Cross-Sector Legislative Fact Sheets

Initiative Fairfield County Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Employment; Health; Workforce

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American Rescue Plan Act Housing Fact Sheet

Initiative Fairfield County Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability

Research

Be My Neighbor in Fairfield County

Initiative Fairfield County Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Land Use; Older Adults; Zoning

Research

Fairfield County Housing Needs Assessment

Initiative Fairfield County Center for Housing Opportunity; Opening Doors Northwest Connecticut
Topic Housing Affordability; Land Use; Zoning

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Housing Connecticut’s Future

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Accessibility

Research

AffordCT Housing Database

Initiative Fairfield County Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Land Use

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Planning for Affordability in Connecticut Guidebook

Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Land Use; Zoning

Research

The Way Forward: A New Narrative for Housing in Fairfield County

Initiative Fairfield County Center for Housing Opportunity
Topic Housing Affordability; Communications; Community Organizing; Zoning

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