Partnership for Strong Communities

Hartford Courant Housing Is Key Leg Up For Connecticut’s Working Poor

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by Alicia Woodsby 11/19/2014  At the Partnership for Strong Communities, we like to say we’re not in the housing business, we’re in the opportunity business. We know a safe, affordable home providing access to jobs, education and needed services is a foundation a family can’t do without. That is why we applaud the ALICE report …

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The ALICE Report: Income Too Low, Housing Costs Too High

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by Richard J. Porth 11/18/2014  In a newly issued report on financial hardship in Connecticut prepared for Connecticut United Ways (and United Ways in five other states), Rutgers University researchers found that 51% of all Connecticut jobs pay less than $20/hour. Compare this to the calculation by the National Low Income Housing Coalition determining that …

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