Working to ensure safe, affordable housing for all in Fairfield County, Litchfield County & Eastern Connecticut

Joined June 2019
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Centers for Housing Opportunity retweeted
Introducing Housing for All, a new statewide network providing residents & grassroots groups w/tools to build support for housing from the ground up in CT ✏️education 🧱 training 🚀 leadership coaching 📣 comms support 🤝 networking 💵 mini-grants 🔗 thehousingcollective.org/hou…
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Centers for Housing Opportunity retweeted
Our Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity is thrilled to support the Foundation for Norfolk Living as they help families chart a path toward homeownership at their new Haystack Woods affordable housing development. bit.ly/3NLp8MY
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Back by popular demand! Our land trust webinars continue w/ "Establishing a Community Land Trust" 🎙️Brenda Torpy @Champlain Housing Trust 🎙️Jason Webb @Grounded Solutions Network 🎙️Anika Singh Lemar @Yale Law School 📅 April 14, 2026, 6:30–8:00 PM 🔗 bit.ly/StartingCommunityLand…
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"Housing is the foundation for every anti-poverty effort...That's why housing must be central to CT's strategy to end child poverty." In @CTMirror we call on lawmakers to 🛑Expand eviction protections 💵Strengthen rental assistance 🏘️Create more housing ctmirror.org/2026/03/16/stab…
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Centers for Housing Opportunity retweeted
We all want safe, stable communities where everyone can live, yet our homelessness response teams are often underpaid, overworked & on the brink of homelessness themselves. Our new statewide survey of 300 staff outlines the issue & offers solutions 📝 bit.ly/CTHomelessnessStaffSu…
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If you missed our Managing Community Land Trusts webinar last week, catch up w/the recording: ➡️ youtube.com/watch?v=UoLBc10B… Thanks to @btorpy for exploring the practical side of how land trusts work.
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Centers for Housing Opportunity retweeted
Since 2006, we've worked behind the scenes to strengthen CT's housing & homelessness systems through collective impact For our 20th anniversary we invite you to join us - your investment strengthens the systems behind every housing success story 📌 thehousingcollective.org/20t…
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Join us on February 11 for the final part of the Building Community with Community Land Trusts webinar series! @btorpy of Champlain Housing Trust will share her insights on managing land trusts. 🔗 bit.ly/CLTManagement
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“Don’t buy, don’t rent, don’t lend to, don’t do business with, don’t stand with [Alpha Capital Funds] in any way. Stand with your neighbors instead,” our Beth Sabilia says in support of CT Tenants Union at their protest of unfair evictions. @CTExaminer ctexaminer.com/2026/01/22/ea…
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Thanks to all who joined our Community Land Trusts of CT webinar last week & thanks to our speakers for describing how real-life land trusts work. If you missed it, catch up w/the recording ⬇️ youtu.be/shyZRXuLx9c?si=r4LJ…
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“…We’re seeing more and more elderly people or workers, sometimes with several jobs, who are struggling to find affordable housing.” Our Melissa Kaplan-Macey spoke to French paper @lemondefr about the need to find more affordable housing options in CT. bit.ly/3Z1yOVw

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Centers for Housing Opportunity retweeted
🏡 We’ll be offering a two hour online training session to provide tips and advice on crafting a pro-homes approach for land use commissions! 🧵
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Community land trusts preserve affordability by acquiring land & ensuring the homes built on that land remain affordable. Join us for part 2 of this webinar series to hear experts share how this model can support a better housing future in CT. 🔗 bit.ly/communitylandtrustweb…
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Recent reporting from @NewsHour is a reminder: even full-time work no longer guarantees a safe, stable home. The solution isn’t blame — it’s building more affordable housing and treating housing as the essential infrastructure it is. youtube.com/watch?v=K2zqfX6T…
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