Updated: 6:18 PM EDT March 15, 2021
HARTFORD, Conn. During his press conference on Monday, Gov. Lamont announced that Connecticut is launching a program to provide rental and utility assistance to qualified households impacted by COVID-19.
The new program is called UniteCT and will provide financial relief to those in need. The program could provide qualified households up to $11,500, with $10,000 in rental assistance and up to $1,500 in electric utility arrearage payments to landlords and utility companies.
Applicants can apply online and help will be available through a call center and at housing counseling agencies and other community partners in the state.
“The creation of UniteCT represents a significant increase in financial assistance that will be provided families and individuals that have been impacted by COVID-19,” Connecticut Housing Commissioner Seila Mosquera-Bruno. “With new programs comes new changes. The Connecticut Department of Hou
Litchfield County towns revamping affordable housing plans
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Meeting on affordable housingTown of Warren
LITCHFIELD COUNTY There’s a shortage of affordable housing in towns throughout Litchfield County, and many of those towns are now under pressure to remedy this.
The towns are required to follow the 2017 state statute that states all municipalities must develop an affordable housing plan by July 2022. The Northwest Hills Council of Governments is currently assisting nine county towns Washington, Warren, Morris, Barkhamsted, Cornwall, Canaan (Falls Village), Harwinton, Norfolk, and Goshen in its 21-town area with developing an affordable housing plan. The long-term goal of these plans is to meet the housing needs of current and future residents and workers in those towns.
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Construction of a $20 million mixed-use retail/residential project on West Hartford s New Park Avenue is set to begin this month, with developers projecting a completion date of May, 2022.
Trout Brook Realty Advisors, the nonprofit development arm of the West Hartford Housing Authority, is set to break ground on the transit-oriented development project located on the 2-acre former Acme Auto Parts site nearby two stops on the CTfastrak rapid bus line.
Financing for the project comes from the federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) via the Connecticut Finance Housing Authority (CHFA) and additional subordinate financing from the Connecticut Department of Housing (DOH).
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