CT will boost rental assistance and study corporate landlords

CT will boost rental assistance and study corporate landlords

Despite Gov. Ned Lamont’s recent veto of a sweeping housing bill focusing largely on zoning reform, several other laws signed this year will help more people find affordable places to live. Advocates for housing affordability programs say one major achievement during the most recent legislative session, which ended in early June, was an increase in funding and capacity for Connecticut’s Rental Assistance Program (RAP). An approved bill will prov…

What If Universal Rental Assistance Were Implemented To Deal With The Housing Crisis?

Bruce and Nova Jewett, who are experiencing homelessness, sit at the Hilltop Inn in Berlin, Vt., on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, where they have been living and will have to leave by Oct. 1, 2024.(Lisa Rathke / AP Photo) Erika Morgan is thankful for the Tenant Based Rent Assistance program, administered by the Anderson Community Development Department, that helped her, and her eight children, move into a three-bedroom house of her own.(John P. Cle…

Can Universal Rental Assistance Help Deal with the Housing Crisis?

The solution is to make existing subsidies much more widely available. By Dr. Alex SchwartzProfessor of Urban PolicyThe The post Can Universal Rental Assistance Help Deal with the Housing Crisis? appeared first on Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas.