A marathon debate stretched late into the night Tuesday in Hartford. People weighed in on whether the state should cap rent hikes each year. Housing advocates.
A meeting to cap the percentage of increases for rent in Connecticut began on Tuesday and went well into the morning on Wednesday. One tenant said, “this is.
Evictions are rising in Connecticut. “We’re seeing a very large number of evictions right now,” said Dahlia Romanow, Connecticut Fair Housing Center staff.
Since early pandemic-era protections against eviction expired, the number of filings has spiked as rents rise, inflation impacts budgets and families continue to struggle to recover financially from the pandemic.