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The Centers for Housing Opportunity and our partners develop and deliver tools to help planners, policymakers and citizens create data-driven housing solutions in Connecticut. We’ve created a comprehensive database of resources searchable by category, audience, region and media.
Training
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Learn more about what affordable housing is, who needs it, your commission’s obligations under the Fair Housing Act, and other resources you may need to address housing needs in your town.
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability; Land Use; Zoning
- Audience Officials; Residents
- Media Webinar
- Region Litchfield County, CT
Advocacy
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National systems change expert, Dr. Tiffany Manuel, PhD, President and CEO of TheCaseMade, will review the results of in-depth research into the challenges to building public support for affordable housing in Fairfield County.
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
- Media Webinar
- Region Fairfield County, CT
Advocacy
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Housing and economic develop experts will discuss how housing can be an economic driver for Fairfield County and the state as a whole during this brown bag lunch, part of the Fairfield County Talks Housing series.
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
- Media Webinar
- Region Fairfield County, CT
Advocacy
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Representatives from across sectors and regions of Connecticut discuss the ways in which housing inequity affects everyone, as part of the Hindsight Conference presented by the Diversity Committee of the New York Chapter of the American Planners Association.
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability; DEIB
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
- Media Webinar
- Region CT
Policy
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This session covers topics including CGS 8-30g, Connecticut’s Zoning Enabling Act (PA 21-29), and other municipal zoning issues, as part of the 2022 Litchfield County Housing Affordability Summit.
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability; Zoning
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
- Media Webinar
- Region Litchfield County, CT
Training
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This webinar covers how to engage residents in an ongoing way to support the affordable housing work happening in your community.
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
- Media Webinar
- Region Litchfield County, CT
Advocacy
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Community development experts share their insights about how to create a more equitable Fairfield County, as part of the Fairfield County Talks Housing series.
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability; Community Organizing
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
- Media Webinar
- Region Fairfield County, CT
Advocacy
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Leaders from education and youth development talk with elected officials about the relationship of housing and education, as part of the Fairfield County Talks Housing series.
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability; Education; Youth
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
- Media Webinar
- Region Fairfield County, CT
Advocacy
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Learn about our new playbook designed to help you change the conversation on affordable housing, as part of the Litchfield County Housing Affordability Summit.
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability; Outreach
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
- Media Webinar
- Region Litchfield County, CT
Training
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Hear about our new tools to assist local housing organizations with recruiting new board members, as part of the Litchfield County Housing Affordability Summit.
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Capacity Building
- Audience Community Organizations
- Media Webinar
- Region Litchfield County, CT
Advocacy
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See examples of how organizations in both conservation and housing are working together in the region, as part of the 2023 Litchfield County Housing Affordability Summit.
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability; Conservation; Community Organizing
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
- Media Webinar
- Region Litchfield County, CT
Advocacy
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Housing and community development practitioners discuss how we can make our communities more sustainable, as part of the Fairfield County Talks Housing series.
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability; Conservation; Community Organizing
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
- Media Webinar
- Region Fairfield County, CT
Research
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A panel of housing experts and policymakers to discuss the findings of a new report from the State of Connecticut on segregation and housing, as part of the Fairfield County Talks Housing series.
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Land Use; Housing Affordability
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
- Media Webinar
- Region CT
Research
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Isabel Almeida of United Way discusses the growing number of ALICE (“Asset Constrained, Income Limited, Employed”) households in Fairfield County, as part of the Fairfield County Talks Housing series.
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Workforce; Housing Affordability
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
- Media Webinar
- Region Fairfield County, CT
Policy
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Learn how short-term rentals like those on AirBnB and VRBO are affecting housing availability and affordability in our region, and how communities can address challenges around these units.
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability; Land Use
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
- Media Webinar
- Region Litchfield County, CT
Research
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See the new online Housing Needs Assessment tool for Litchfield County. Learn about the housing, demographic, and affordability data that is available for your town. See examples of how this tool can be used to support housing efforts in your community.
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability; Land Use
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
- Media Webinar
- Region Litchfield County, CT
Advocacy
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We explore the difference between workforce housing and affordable housing and which jobs in the Litchfield County region require affordable housing.
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability; Workforce
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
- Media Webinar
- Region Litchfield County, CT
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