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A new report outlines long-term solutions for what it calls Connecticut's eviction crisis. The Connecticut Fair Housing Coalition found there were 21,000 evictions in the state last year, and Connecticut faces a shortage of 89,000 affordable homes, according to the Low Income Housing Coalition. Samaila Adelaiye, research and policy fellow at Connecticut Voices for Children and the report's co-author, said though employment declines from the pandemic have bounced back, rents are growing faster. ...

Fair housing advocates said a tight real estate market is driving up discrimination cases in Montana. Pam Bean, executive director of Montana Fair Housing, said there is historical evidence of racial bias in Montana's rental and homeownership market, which is being caused by higher home and rent prices combined with low inventory. She pointed out a recently passed executive order in the state outlaws discrimination based on race and other factors. ...

Small towns such as Taos are not immune to the nation's housing crisis - leading the rural community to launch a cooperative effort to address the challenge. Access to affordable housing can make or break a community's economic health. And with only 7,000 residents, the scale of development needed has not occurred. ...

Some one-time grant funding has made the difference between renters in rural New York having a safe place to live - or having to move. The McNeil Park Apartments, in Copenhagen, is an income-based complex for seniors and adults with disabilities. When it was purchased in 2020 by the Copenhagen Happy Acres Housing Fund, McNeil Park was in a state of disrepair. ...

LOWVILLE — After a proclamation naming April fair housing month in recognition of the Fair Housing Act, residents along Stowe Street in the village spoke out against the proposed site