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Connecticut officials and providers outline rising family homelessness and limited housing supply
Summary
State and nonprofit experts said family homelessness has risen in Connecticut, flagged federal policy risks to housing supports, and highlighted prevention tools such as Head Start on Housing, diversion funding and triage spaces while urging more deeply affordable units and sustained funding.
Deputy Commissioner Deb Fliss of the Office of Early Childhood and nonprofit and state housing experts warned that Connecticut is seeing rising family homelessness and strained shelter systems, citing the state'024 Point-in-Time count and local service data.
At the webinar, Fliss said the 2024 Point-in-Time count—taken at the end of January—showed a 13% increase in people experiencing homelessness and that there were 3,410 sheltered and unsheltered persons on the night of the count. Jessica Kubicki, chief initiative officer at the Housing Collective, told attendees she was speaking to HUD definitions of homelessness and described both the literal homelessness category and an imminent risk category that uses shorter eligibility windows for most subpopulations.
Panelists identified several immediate pressures. Kubicki and others pointed to federal-level risks flagged by housing partners, including possible changes…
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