Abigail Brone

Connecticut

Statewide Housing Reporter at Connecticut Public

Statewide housing reporter @wnpr, CT’s @npr station. @columbiajourn and @uconn alum

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Landlord to meet with Bloomfield tenants union after capitol protest

6 days ago | ctpublic.org | Abigail Brone

Published April 18, 2025 at 9:47 AM EDT Members of a tenants union in Bloomfield are seeing results following a call to action last week. The Manor House Tenants Union formed in July, six months after the complex was purchased by Navarino Property Group, which owns several apartment buildings throughout Connecticut.
How the potential loss of federal housing support could affect CT

1 week ago | ctmirror.org | Abigail Brone |Connecticut Public |Gabby DeBenedictis

Hartford resident Mattie Bell sits in a brown recliner in the living room of her first-floor apartment in Hartford’s north end. The room is dim, with the shades drawn, and the faint scent of cigarette smoke lingers. She is surrounded by pictures of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, while watching the Home Shopping Network on TV and listening to her two rescue cockatiels, Pretty Girl and Charlie, chirp.
Hartford launches new program to increase homeownership among Black and Brown residents

2 weeks ago | ctpublic.org | Abigail Brone

Published April 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM EDT State lawmakers and housing officials recently gathered at a vacant parking lot outside an abandoned multi-family home on Brook Street in Hartford. They met to discuss a new program that would transform vacant lots in the city into ownership opportunities. The hope is to increase homeownership rates among Black and Brown residents. “We have all these vacant lots.
New plan to boost CT home affordability incentivizes construction, repairs and ownership

3 weeks ago | mainepublic.org | Abigail Brone

As homes in Connecticut continue to rise in cost, the state is launching a new program aimed at making it more affordable to purchase a home and also maintain one. Gov. Ned Lamont announced a $30 million plan Tuesday morning in Hartford to increase home affordability. CT Home Funds is a three-pronged approach to making homeownership affordable. This will foster a greater sense of community involvement and investment, Lamont said. “Nothing like ownership.
CT's HUD field office on the chopping block amid federal cuts

3 weeks ago | nhpr.org | Abigail Brone

In Connecticut, more than 161,000 people are facing housing insecurity, as the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) threatens to cut half of all employees and scale back funding for critical housing programs. Connecticut’s HUD field office is on a list of offices being considered for closure. However, the department has not confirmed whether it will close. Sen.
CT's religious groups look to increase affordable housing

4 weeks ago | ctpublic.org | Abigail Brone

Published March 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM EDT Religious groups statewide are looking for ways to combat the rising costs of housing and the demand for more affordable options. Darrell Brooks is one of the faith leaders acting on his community’s desire to address the housing crisis. Brooks is the chief executive officer of the Beulah Land Development Corporation in New Haven. It’s associated with the local Beulah Heights First Pentecostal Church.
West Haven shows dangers of illegal basement, attic apartments

4 weeks ago | ctmirror.org | Abigail Brone |Connecticut Public |Gabby DeBenedictis

West Haven Fire Chief Michael Terenzio first realized the prevalence of unregulated apartments in 2023, when just over half of the city’s fires were in areas that shouldn’t have had people living there. Now, the Allingtown department is cracking down on illegal apartments in the city, which are often hidden in a building’s attic or basement. The problem is particularly acute in one- or two-family homes used as off-campus housing near the University of New Haven campus, according to Terenzio.
Hartford mayor tackles housing, looks to increase homeownership without down payments

1 month ago | mainepublic.org | Abigail Brone

Hartford city employees may soon be able to purchase a home in the city without a down payment. Eligible employees may receive up to $40,000 in the form of a forgivable loan to support down payment costs, Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam announced Monday. “Because if you teach our kids, if you keep our streets safe, if you run into burning buildings to keep people safe, you deserve to be able to afford a home in this city, and we're going to help you do it,” Arulampalam said.
CT rent affordability becomes less attainable for extremely low-income families | Connecticut Public

1 month ago | ctpublic.org | Abigail Brone

Only a third of extremely low-income renters can find affordable homes. Extremely low income is a federal Department of Housing and Urban Development designation for families earning below 30% of the area’s median income.
CT considers new ways to increase housing, converting hotels to apartments

1 month ago | nhpr.org | Abigail Brone

State lawmakers are looking for creative ways to increase Connecticut’s housing, while making use of existing buildings. Two bills being considered by state lawmakers to expand housing would work to increase housing options without increasing the state’s urban footprint. Developers would receive tax breaks for building housing over retail spaces, and rehabbing unused commercial buildings, like hotels and offices, into apartments.

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