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1 week ago | ctmirror.org | James Watson |Ginny Monk |Ginny MonkHousing

Residents of an apartment complex in Bloomfield spoke out at the Capitol Friday, in an effort to call attention to poor conditions at their residence and what they say is a failure by the property owner to address complaints. A group of over a dozen people from the Manor House Tenants’ Union held a press conference with Rep. Bobby Gibson, D-Hartford, and representatives from the Connecticut Tenant’s Union, a tenant rights group that has 18 chapters across the state.

1 month ago | ctmirror.org | Ginny Monk |Laura Tillman |Ginny MonkHousing

After facing pushback from Gov. Ned Lamont, state lawmakers are drastically revising a bill that would have taken the power to appoint Connecticut’s child advocate away from the governor. The new bill, which is still being drafted, won’t take that appointment power away at all, according to Rep. Mary Welander, D-Orange, the bill’s sponsor. Instead, the new bill would make adjustments to the timeline for reappointment and require more transparency about the work of the child advocate, Welander said.