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The Centers for Housing Opportunity and our partners develop and deliver tools to help planners, policymakers, service providers, and citizens advance housing solutions in Connecticut.
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This Housing Needs Assessment offers data on housing, demographics, jobs, and income from the last two decades in New London, Tolland, and Windham Counties to illustrate past, present, and future trends in housing, as well as employment and education, which are closely related to housing.
- Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
- Topic Housing Affordability; Employment; Land Use; Workforce
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
- Region Eastern CT
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The Northwest Connecticut Affordable Housing and Conservation Collaboration was initiated in January 2024, with the goal of giving participating communities with the strategies, tools, and relationships to work together to support both local affordable housing efforts and conservation efforts.
- Initiative Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability; Land Use; Conservation
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
- Region Litchfield County, CT
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A report from the Centers for Housing Opportunity, presents data on local land use boards and offers recommendations to increase and support civic participation in land use decision making
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability; Zoning; Land Use
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
- Region Fairfield County, CT
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The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) together with Regional Plan Association and The Housing Collective partnered to investigate creative solutions to advance the production of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in Connecticut and the potential for their utilization for affordable housing.
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity; The Housing Collective
- Topic Housing Affordability; Housing Development
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
- Region CT
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This report by the Connecticut Land Conservation Council explores how land trusts can support affordable housing in Connecticut. It outlines three key strategies: understanding local housing needs, forming partnerships, and taking action on housing projects—while maintaining conservation goals.
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Community Land Trust; Housing Affordability; Conservation; Housing Development
- Audience Community Organizations; Residents
- Region CT
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The Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released a new toolkit to help HUD grantees and community developers support faith-based organizations that want to build and preserve affordable housing in their communities, in partnership with the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC).
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability
- Audience Community Organizations
- Region All
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The Northeast Connecticut Council of Governments (NECCOG) has updated its comprehensive economic development strategy for the region with additional sections to address housing, economic development, workforce and educational development, small business development, healthcare access, etc.
- Initiative Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
- Topic Workforce; Housing Affordability; Employment
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials
- Region Eastern CT
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Urban Institute and Fairfield County's Community Foundation describe the potential economic benefits of closing Black and Latino racial gaps in income, education, and housing in Fairfield County.
- Initiative Fairfield County Center for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability; Employment; Workforce
- Audience Officials; Residents
- Region Fairfield County, CT
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- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
- Region Fairfield County, CT
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In this series of policy briefs, the AEI Housing Center provides an overview of current challenges in the U.S. housing market, where constrained supply and high prices are burdening household budgets and preventing people from living where their best job opportunities are located.
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability; Land Use; Zoning; Housing Development
- Audience Officials
- Region CT
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This guide is a straightforward tool that gives you the basic knowledge you need to navigate financing a small multifamily project, whether that entails acquisition, refinance, rehabilitation, new construction or all four. The Community Preservation Corporation (CPC) is a nonprofit, affordable housing and community revitalization finance company that believes housing is central to transforming underserved neighborhoods into thriving and vibrant communities.
- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Community Land Trust; Housing Affordability; Housing Trust Fund; Housing Development
- Audience Officials
- Region CT
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- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability; Land Use
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
- Region Litchfield County, CT
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- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Workforce; Housing Affordability
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
- Region Fairfield County, CT
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- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability; Older Adults
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials
- Region CT
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- Initiative Centers for Housing Opportunity
- Topic Housing Affordability
- Audience Community Organizations; Officials; Residents
- Region CT
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