Mom shares incredible journey through the Connecticut housing crisis

With a legislative session three weeks away and campaign season over, a consortium of 45 agencies and faith leaders marched to the Legislative Office Building Tuesday with a clear message for lawmakers.

“We’re at a point of crisis both with housing affordability and housing segregation," said Erin Boggs, Executive Director of Open Communities Alliance.

Growing Together CT held a press conference calling on law makers to adopt a proposal that would grow Connecticut’s affordable housing stock by 135 thousand units over the next decade. They want lawmakers to adopt a set of proposals that would protect tenants from unfair practices, invest $50 million a year in housing, and incentivize zoning practices so more suburbs share in the affordable housing stock.

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[barbaraplourde]

You are so right I'm proud of you I am 68 years old I've been calling for a place to live nothing I am so tired of it I just want to go somewhere and lay down and hopefully I go this is how I feel but yet they have people come from Mexico other countries and they give them a place to live even having a tent and plucking the heater it'd be fine for me but no you tell you no no try to try that well I'm tired of trying at 6:00 8 years old this is America for you and getting worse.

[citasmoothy]

There's so many empty lots and empty buildings that they can make them into affordable housing in Bridgeport Connecticut they just don't want to spend the money they spend the money on other things when they really really don't need to you know they should think of humans people before they think of doing anything else and spend the money on housing and help these poor innocent seniors that are being homeless and people that shouldn't be in the streets we all work for our rent the more if they increase the check they raise the rent it doesn't make any sense Bridgeport don't look out for his people they say they do but they don't

[barbaraplourde]

And also and also at the motel I stop at two motels one price was $350 that's without taxing that did the other one was 405 and I said where's the senior citizen I want one bedroom not a luxury two bedrooms in the room they're just High robbing people