Connecticut must establish a right to housing
One of the local Housing Authority offices, which are involved in providing housing.
As a college student in New Haven, where one in four people live below the poverty line, I’m privy to Connecticut’s failure to enact fully effective housing policy every day. Never was this clearer than when I planned a picnic on the Green upon arriving in New Haven. Though Connecticut is often cited as a shining example of addressing homelessness, my first trip to the New Haven Green shattered that naive confidence.
Senate Bill 194, “An Act Establishing a Right to Housing,” is a necessary step towards making homelessness an idea of the past. It commits the state to a standard of welfare that all residents of Connecticut deserve and charters course towards a clear goal: ending housing insecurity. The bill was adopted by the State Senate but was not approved by the State House before the session ended. This is a clear failure by the Connecticu
Yale study links housing instability and risky sexual behaviors
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Right to counsel is both a housing and public health intervention
The COVID 19 pandemic exposed and clarified the significance of housing for health and well-being. Recognition that housing instability and homelessness contributed to the spread of COVID 19 spurred urgent and creative action to address symptoms of a longstanding affordable housing crisis including the risk of eviction from rental housing. As one example, here in Connecticut, a statewide moratorium on evictions helped keep renters housed when pandemic related wage loss caused them to fall behind on rent.
Similarly, the CDC’s eviction moratorium helped to prevent a tidal wave of evictions across the country. These moratoria were critical stop gap measures in a time of crisis. However, as a post-pandemic period comes closer into view, there is an urgent need to build on these temporary measures to ensure housing security for all, including protections against evictions and the cascade of negative health consequence
Connecticut Advocates Testify To Make Housing A Right For All
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