Time to recognize the human right to housing in Connecticut
Homeless rights activists at an October 2018 affordable housing rally
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of Connecticut residents faced the unthinkable tragedy of potentially losing their homes in the middle of a public health crisis. Even in normal times, over 10,000 Connecticut residents are evicted every year.
Although both the state and the CDC have implemented moratoria on evictions, these policies contain significant exceptions, which have allowed for over 6,000 eviction filings over the course of the pandemic. Many of these casualties of the pandemic likely added to the nearly 3,000 individuals who were already experiencing homelessness in the state in 2020.