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State Senator Beth Bye (D-West Hartford) and state Representative Toni Walker (D-New Haven), the co-chairs of the Appropriations Committee, today unveiled the Democratic Appropriations Committee budget proposal for the State of Connecticut for Fiscal Years 2016-2017, which begins July 1.

The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) is committed to helping first-time homebuyers obtain homeownership. Since studies indicate that housing counseling reduces the likelihood that a homebuyer will become seriously delinquent, CHFA is requiring homebuyer education for ALL CHFA loans reserved on or after May 1, 2015. Housing counseling must be provided by an approved CHFA/HUD Housing Counseling Agency

Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) applauded the $696,000 in funding announced today by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs through the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program to support efforts to end veteran homelessness

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, applauded the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for releasing nearly $700,000 to Connecticut public housing agencies to provide rental assistance for 76 homeless Connecticut veterans – many of whom live with chronic disabling conditions – with case management and clinical services. A total of almost $65 million will go to agencies across the United States to provide housing and services for 9,333 homeless veterans nationwide

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, issued the following statement today regarding $696,000 in new funding announced today by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide HUD-VASH vouchers for 76 homeless veterans in Connecticut. The vouchers will offer permanent supportive housing to veterans who have experienced homelessness

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) applauded the West Haven Housing Authority today for receiving a $111,942 federal grant to alleviate veteran homelessness. That money means 13 vouchers will be available to get veterans off the streets or out of shelters and into a permanent home. The grant announced today has been made possible by the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) Program.

Friday, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) joined Rachael Johnston, a real estate broker, and Evan Preston, State Director of ConnPIRG, to call for action on Courtney’s bill, H.R. 1434, the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act. The bill, which would allow student loan borrowers to refinance their debt to lower rates and reduce monthly payments, has more than 100 House cosponsors and was co-introduced in the Senate by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)

Standing amidst a sea of signs featuring the word “home” in various languages, New Haven Mayor Toni Harp and Connecticut’s U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal announced today that the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) is accepting applications for Connecticut’s Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program (EMAP)

Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he is forming a panel charged with analyzing and recommending options the state can utilize to finance a transformation of Connecticut’s transportation infrastructure over the next 30 years and beyond

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) led housing advocates today in announcing legislation to permanently extend critical protections for renters living in foreclosed properties. The Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act, first passed in 2009, ensured that most tenants in foreclosed homes could stay in their homes for the remainder of their lease, or for at least 90 days post-foreclosure.

On Tuesday afternoon, Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman will hold a news conference at the State Capitol in Hartford to make an announcement regarding the Governor’s 30-year vision for Connecticut’s transportation infrastructure.

The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM) today (Monday, March 23) said that new data from the federal government which shows that Connecticut short-changes low-income minority students regarding spending for local public education reinforces CCM’s long-standing call for the State to address the $600 million underfunding of the State’s largest grant for local public education – the Education Cost Sharing Grant (ECS)

Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) issued the following statement today after voting against the House Republican Majority’s budget for fiscal 2016. The Republican budget would slash transportation and infrastructure investments, cut college financial aid, reduce Head Start enrollment, repeal the Affordable Care Act, threaten the Medicare guarantee for new retirees and increase seniors’ health costs.

Representatives Jim Himes (CT-4), John K. Delaney (MD-6) and John Carney (DE-At Large) have introduced legislation designed to protect the fixed-rate 30-year mortgage – a key instrument to ensure home affordability for the middle class – and shield American taxpayers from future bailouts by reforming the housing finance system

Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that, in the first installment of several rounds of funding, seven towns in Connecticut are being awarded grants under the state’s Small Town Economic Assistance Program (STEAP) to assist with infrastructure improvement projects.