On March 10th, over 100 people gathered at the Lyceum in Hartford to attend "Housing and Municipal Budgets: The Vital Connections," the third forum in the 2009 Lyceum Forum Series.  This forum focused on debunking myths and reaffirming the importance of affordable housing to the health of towns in Connecticut.  The morning forum offered two panels, the first examining the state's changing demographics and the impact these changes will have on municipal budgets.  The second panel focused on work that towns are doing to plan for and address the diverse housing needs of their towns. 

Speaker presentation:

• "The Future Demographics of Connecticut"
  Orlando Rodriguez, Manager/Demographer, Connecticut State Data Center

Packet materials:

• Agenda
• Municipal Officials Asses Mixed-Income Housing
• Housing and Municipal Budgets: Figures, Facts and Phenomena
• The Benefits of Density and Affordability
• Municipal Interest in the HOMEConnecticut Program
• Housing in Connecticut: Facts & Figures
• Where Have All the Children Gone?
  Connecticut State Data Center
• Municipal Fire Department Staffing
  Connecticut Conference of Municipalities
• 2008 Affordable Housing Appeals List
  CT Department of Economic and Community Development
• Workforce Housing Study
  United Way of Greenwich, Community Planning Council
• Residential Demographic Multipliers
  Rutgers University, Center for Urban Policy Research
• The Fiscal Impact of Mixed-Income Housing Developments on Massachusetts Municipalities
  UMass Donahue Institute
• Effects of Mixed-Income Multi-Family Rental Housing Developments on Single-Family Housing Values
  MIT Center for Real Estate

The 2009 Lyceum Forum Series is co-sponsored by the Partnership for Strong Communities and the CT Department of Economic and Community Development.  Click here to learn more about the 2009 Lyceum Forum Series.

2009 Lyceum Forum Series financial contributors: BNY Mellon Wealth Management * Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development * Connecticut Development Authority * Connecticut Housing Finance Authority * Connecticut Office of Workforce Competitiveness * Connecticut State University System * Corporation for Supportive Housing * Melville Charitable Trust * Southside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance * T&M Building Company, Inc. * Universal Health Care Foundation, Inc.