Housing in Connecticut

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there were 1,530,197 housing units in Connecticut in 2020.^[2] There were an estimated 2.905 homeless individuals in Connecticut in 2020, according to the Annual Homeless Assessment Report.^[3]

A survey by the US Prison system from 2017 to 2020 found that 30% of released prisoners in New Haven experienced homelessness in the last 6 months, but over half were only homeless for part of that time. Close to 75% of the people surveyed also stated they stayed in someone else's home to avoid homelessness. The same survey found that 66% of the people surveyed thought there was 50% or higher chance they wouldn't be living in the same place in 6 months.^[4]

In 2024, Connecticut was ranked the worst state for renters.^[5]

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development administers programs that provide housing and community development assistance in the United States.^[6] Adequate housing is recognized as human right in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.^[7]

In 1989, Connecticut enacted a law called 8-30g which allows developers to sue a town if it rejects the developer's proposal for certain types of affordable housing.^[8]