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Homelessness advocates press for $33.5M in ongoing funding for prevention, response and permanent housing
Summary
Service providers, housing advocates and municipal officials told the Appropriations subcommittee Connecticut's homeless response is strained and urged the legislature to add sustained funding for prevention, eviction diversion, shelter capacity and permanent supportive housing.
Nonprofit providers, municipal officials and statewide advocates testified to the Appropriations Subcommittee that Connecticut's homeless response system is underfunded, that homelessness has risen in recent months, and that additional ongoing state support is required for prevention, crisis response and housing.
Sarah Fox, chief executive officer of the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness, told the panel that homelessness rose 13% in 2024 and that roughly 5,000 people are experiencing homelessness in the state, including about 900 people living unsheltered. “Investments in prevention, crisis response, and housing save lives,” she said, and asked the committee to fund the homeless response system at $33,500,000 to create “a strategic pathway forward.”
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