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Join the pro-homes movement in CT! #YIMBYtown2025 is coming to New Haven - stay tuned for details! 🏘️🚍🍕
Links: https://desegregatect.start.page
❌HB 8002 DOES NOT take away discretionary funding. ✅Rather, it creates a new fund for towns and cities that create Housing Growth Plans.
November 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
🙏 Thank you @bobduffct.bsky.social for highlighting the importance of passing and signing HB 8002 in a time when we have an unprecedented housing crisis.
November 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
🎙️Pete Harrison of the RPA joined CTPolitics on Thursday to discuss HB 8002, a large step forward in the fight against Connecticut’s housing crisis.
November 15, 2025 at 11:54 PM
‼️It’s official — HB 8002, CT’s housing bill in the special session, has passed the Senate! It’s now headed to the governor’s desk for signature…this time, we do expect him to sign✍️

Regional Planning Association & DesegregateCT’s full statement:
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Regional Plan Association and Desegregate CT Support the Passage of…
Regional Plan Association works toward a better future for the tri-state region
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November 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
TODAY🚨 is the Senate vote on HB 8002 - CT's housing bill in the special session.🏘️ Contact your State Senators to share how CT needs affordable, safe and sustainable homes! www.cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/cga...
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
TOMORROW 🚨 is the Senate vote on HB 8002 - CT's housing bill in the special session! 🏘️ Contact your State Senators to share your support for sustainable and vibrant communities across CT. www.cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/cga...
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
HB 8002 has passed the House vote! Now we're onto the Senate!
November 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
TODAY 🚨 the House is voting on HB 8002 - CT’s housing bill in the special session. Contact your representatives today to share your support for more affordable, sustainable communities.🏘️ www.cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/cga...
November 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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We need strong action on housing in Connecticut — but don't just take it from us.

RPA and @desegregatect.bsky.social partnered with @today.yougov.com and found that nearly 90% of CT residents want Gov. Lamont to take action on housing
November 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A giant in the New York City tenants movement and an inspiration to @peteharrison860.bsky.social, Michael will be sorely missed.

Learn about Michael here: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/n...
October 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Connecticut’s housing shortage is weakening our state — families, young workers, and communities are all paying the price. It’s time for real action. Gov. Ned Lamont, call a special session!

Read @SeanGhio.bsky.social's latest in @CTMirror.org: ctmirror.org/2025/10/27/o...
October 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Converting vacant buildings is a good idea & works in some settings, which is why it's part of HB5002. However, truly vacant buildings (not new construction like this picture) are often old/dirty. That takes a lot of state investment & planning to help convert - which is why Work Live Ride... (1/2)
October 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The ROAD to Housing Act has been passed! While the federal government is pushing for housing solutions, CT is shying away from basic steps toward reform. CT risks falling further behind in the housing and affordability crisis unless we match national action with local change. (1/2)
October 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Congratulations to @ctlcv.bsky.social for 25 years of leading the charge of environmental advocacy across Connecticut! Looking forward to working together for another 25+ to make CT a more equitable, prosperous, and sustainable state for all. @peteharrison860.bsky.social @nskant.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Housing and health go hand in hand. 84% of Darien residents have a regular source of care. But in Stamford, that number drops to 77%. These numbers are already lower than what they once were. The stress of rising rents and not enough homes hurts working-class people. (1/2)
October 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It's time, Governor Ned Lamont, to stop letting misplaced anxieties about "local character" block opportunity. We need to build homes where they matter. Read why the opposition to HB 5002 is worrying about the wrong things - great op-ed from @mattsilber.bsky.social from Norwalk. (1/2)
October 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The message from Stamford was clear: Connecticut needs affordable, attainable housing, and we need it now. Gov. Ned Lamont’s veto of HB 5002 was a setback, but the upcoming special session is his chance to make it right.
As @mattsilber.bsky.social of @norwalkstreets.bsky.social put it... (1/2)
Ned Lamont grilled by liberal group Indivisible at town hall
'I don't shout and get as angry,' the governor said at Thursday's event, hosted by progressive advocacy group Indivisible's Stamford chapter.
ctmirror.org
October 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
What does fixing our housing crisis look like? It looks like the leadership of the City of New Haven, @mayorelickr.bsky.social, and Alder Tanbee-Smith are with the I-91 Neighborhood Reconnection Initiative! (1/3)
October 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Congratulations to @SaraBronin.bsky.social for winning the prestigious Heinz Award for her groundbreaking work on zoning reform - but the celebration comes with concern. Due to Governor Ned Lamont vetoing HB 5002, she voiced disappointment over the loss of a bill aimed at improving housing access...
October 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
It was great working w/ the folks at the Housing Collective for the Noroton Heights TOC Walk Audit last week. Thanks to the Town of Darien, the advocates who joined us, and to local and state leaders who joined us @bobduffct.bsky.social, Sen. Maher, Rep. Constantine, and First Selectman Jon Zagordy.
October 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Melvin Medina with the Connecticut Project nailed it! We are not short on ideas, we're short on resolve. Leadership isn't about letting towns say no—it's about helping them say YES to building bright futures. (1/2)
October 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Congrats @cayimby.bsky.social & @abundanthousingla.bsky.social on SB 79 being signed. Can’t believe Gov. Lamont is the only Governor to veto a big pro-homes bill this year!! Gov. Lamont, where's the special session on housing you promised?

You can read more here: cayimby.org/news-events/...
October 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Modern Multifamily = Safer Homes

Pew finds that new apartments are six times safer from fire deaths than single-family homes. (1/2)
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Check out this OP-ED from DesegregateCT Advocacy Fellow Amit Kamma. By reforming outdated single-stair rules, it will be easier to construct more "missing middle" homes and redevelop older properties, which can help make safer more affordable communities. ctmirror.org/2025/10/06/w...
October 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Thank you to the @zoningatlas.bsky.social for the incredible panel, "Power Up Your Advocacy: Deploying National Zoning Atlas Data for Housing Wins". It was a full circle moment to see DesegregateCT's founder, @sarabronin.bsky.social, attend YIMBYtown 2025 and lead such an important conversation.
October 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM