From Blighted to Built: Inside Connecticut Housing Partners Push for Affordable Housing

On this month's housing check-in, Renee Dobis of Connecticut Housing Partners joined Melissa to talk River Bend, a brand-new building CHP is buying and converting from 30% to 100% affordable, with units set aside for seniors experiencing homelessness and veterans. She also shared the story of a senior who applied to the waitlist after being forced out of her home and left living in her car on $1,800/month in Social Security.

Plus: 12 blighted properties across CT are getting $15M in state funding for cleanup, and the Department of Housing just got new authority to build directly on state land, 6,400 units are already in the pipeline.

Tune in for the full conversation on affordable housing, brownfield redevelopment, and what's next for towns like Fairfield and New Canaan.