Erin Kemple, executive director of the Connecticut Fair Housing Center. President Lyndon Johnson signed the federal Fair Housing Act on April 11, 1968. Fifty years later, discriminatory lending and rental practices persist, as the Connecticut Fair Housing Center discovered sending…
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It is still too early to say if gains median sale prices of single-family houses in Connecticut in January and March are signs of an emerging trend for 2018. (Feverpitched / Getty Images/iStockphoto) Home sale prices across Connecticut jumped for…
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EAST HAVEN, CT – The East Haven Animal Shelter wants to share soma e good news about two dogs it recent took in after they were abandoned. Here is the good news that the shelter is sharing on its Facebook…
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At least three families will be transitioning from the Red Roof Inn downtown Hartford to the Franciscan Center for Urban Ministry. There, they’ll have a place to stay for free while they look for a place of their own. Six…
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The developers of an apartment complex in Charlottesville’s Little High Street neighborhood have asked for a one-month extension to resubmit a site plan after the city’s Planning Commission indicated it was about to deny it. “It does not match a…
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Karen Robinson, an English teacher at Hill Regional Career High School in New Haven, put herself through college by managing restaurants. Chris Scionti, an engineering teacher at the Engineering and Science University Magnet School in West Haven, once owned a…
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NEW HAVEN, CT — Mayor Toni Harp is proposing a 11 percent tax increase. She criticized the state for sending more aid to other cities. Her budget recommends a 1.52 percent increase in the general city budget and an 18…
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A Mystic, Conn.-based real estate brokerage, Shutters & Sails LLC, has affiliated with the CENTURY 21® System, now operating as CENTURY 21 Shutters & Sails, the company recently announced. The brokerage will continue to serve real estate needs throughout Southeastern…
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Hundreds of thousands of people in Puerto Rico have been displaced because of Hurricane Maria, with nearly 4,000 families finding temporary shelter in hotels on the mainland. But funding for their stays under FEMA’s Transitional Shelter Assistance program is set…
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FHA eligible first floor condo in Laurel Lakes at an affordable price. Most units in this area go quickly. Brand NEW carpet and paint make this condo an easy decision. It’s ready for the new owner to simply move in…
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