GHIAA Special Session Update: Celebrations and Next Steps
With the special legislative session completed in November 2025, GHIAA and our allies have some big wins to celebrate! WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED We had some really important wins! Several important pieces of legislation were considered in the special session and eventually passed by both chambers and signed by the governor. Relevant to GHIAA’s issue slate […]
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Housing advocates call for Hartford to investigate developer after tenants speak out
Center for Leadership and Justice is asking the city to investigate Andeleeb Propertieshttps://cljct.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Advocates-ask-Hartford-to-investigate-after-tenants-speak-out-fox61.com_2.mp4 HARTFORD, Conn — Andaleeb Properties of Bloomfield is set to move forward with several major developments along Albany Avenue. Now, housing advocates are calling for an investigation, but they say they don’t want that to stop a project that’s taken more than a decade […]
Hartford city officials respond to tenant concerns about landlord
City officials say they were unaware existing tenants have been dealing with issues.https://cljct.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Tenants-bring-concerns-about.mp4 HARTFORD, Connecticut — City officials reacted Thursday after FOX61 uncovered tenants living in deplorable conditions in north Hartford, in units owned by a landlord recently selected by the city for multi-million dollar renovation projects along a long-neglected section of Connecticut’s capital city. Advocates […]
Lawmakers, activists seek to ’cap the rent’
Hundreds of tenant rights organizers from across Connecticut gathered online to kickstart a new campaign focused on limiting annual rent increases — on the same day that two New Haven state legislators introduced a bill in Hartford that would cap such hikes at no more than 2.5 percent a year. The Connecticut Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and partnering organizations […]
Faith Leaders, Advocates Celebrate Elimination of Welfare Liens
https://cljct.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Faith-Leaders-Advocates-Celebrate-Elimination-of-Welfare-Liens-–-NBC-Connecticut.mp4 Connecticut became the 48th state in the nation last week to prevent the state from putting a welfare lien on someone’s home. Advocates and faith leaders took a victory lap Tuesday but they aren’t stopping there.“To buy my own home at 50 years old, first of all, was amazing because I came out of […]
House Democratic leaders want to repeal CT’s ‘poverty tax’
Rep. Toni Walker, D-New Haven. Credit: Jacqueline Rabe Thomas / CT Mirror Rep. Toni E. Walker, D-New Haven, will oversee the measure to largely eliminate welfare liens. House Democratic leaders unveiled a proposal Wednesday to effectively end Connecticut’s longstanding practice of trying to recover public assistance by placing liens on the homes of former welfare […]
HUD ‘perpetuating segregation,’ Hartford families claim in lawsuit
Marina Ilarraza lives with her three children in a cramped two-bedroom apartment in Hartford’s North End. The Department of Housing and Urban Development is terminating its contract with her landlord and Ilarraza is waiting for a Section Eight Housing Choice voucher so she can find another apartment for her family. Credit: Cloe Poisson For years, […]
Lawsuit: HUD perpetuated racial segregation in Hartford area
The complaint was filed in federal court Wednesday by 10 former residents of three housing complexes in the city’s North End and by a nonprofit group.https://cljct.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Lawsuit-HUD-perpetuated-racial-segregation-in-Hartford-area-fox61.com_.mp4 HARTFORD, Conn — A lawsuit was filed Wednesday, alleging the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development violated the Fair Housing Act and perpetuated racial segregation in Hartford. The […]