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CT has $235 million in rent relief for people in need. Why aren t more households applying?
Alexander Soule
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Seila Mosquera-Bruno, commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Housing on April 7, 2021, in Stamford, Conn. As of that date, the department had received 2,200 completed applications for rental and utilities assistance through the UniteCT program, with both renters and landlords eligible to apply for funds to cover rent in arrears.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut Media
In the first three weeks of a massive aid program for renters, applications appear to be falling well short of early projections by Connecticut’s lead housing official.
CT home sales jump 23 percent in 2021 Q1, with prices continuing to soar
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A Silver Spring Road home in Fairfield, Conn., that sold for $1.2 million on April 1, 2021. More than 200 Fairfield homes sold in the first quarter of 2021, contributing to a 23 percent increase in sales statewide compared to the prior year period.Alexander Soule
Amid bidding wars that pushed prices up by more than 20 percent in many instances, some 10,465 homes sold in Connecticut in the first three months of 2021 a 23 percent increase from the same period a year ago.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties released the figures over the weekend on a preliminary basis. The number could increase, as contracts are logged from the back half of last week.
Greenwich firm that owns Hungry Jack acquires frozen breakfast maker De Wafelbakkers
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Brynwood Partners CEO Henk Hartong III in 2018 at the company’s Greenwich, Conn. office.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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A promotional image for De Wafelbakkers frozen pancakes. (Image via De Wafelbakkers) Show MoreShow Less
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The Greenwich investment firm that owns Hungry Jack pancake mix and syrup is adding to its breakfast lineup by acquiring De Wafelbakkers, which sells frozen pancakes, waffles and French toast nationwide, including in Connecticut chains like Stop & Shop, ShopRite, Big Y and Acme.
Brynwood Partners did not state what it paid for De Wafelbakkers, with the manufacturer employing 650 people at its headquarters plant in North Little Rock, Ark. and another facility outside Atlanta.
CT auditor claims animation company Blue Sky Studios received $49 million in excessive tax credits
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Former Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy, center, in June 2011 at Blue Sky Studios in Greenwich, Conn., alongside Catherine Smith who led the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development during Malloy’s administration; and Brian Keane, then chief operating officer of Blue Sky.Helen Neafsey / ST
As Walt Disney backs up the trucks in Greenwich to load up the remnants of Blue Sky Studios the animation studio is set to close next week is it making off with $49 million in Connecticut incentives that never should have been awarded?