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Public Hearings Public Hearings on Weatherization Grant - May 5
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) included $64.3 million in funding for Connecticut for the federal Weatherization Assistance Program for low-income households. The Department of Social Services (DSS), which is administering the grants, will hold two public hearings in Hartford and Bridgeport on Tuesday, May 5: - Tuesday, May 5, 2009. 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 pm.
Department of Social Services, Mezzanine Room 1, 25 Sigourney Street, Hartford - Tuesday, May 5, 2009. 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 pm.
The Watermark at 3030 Park, 2nd Floor Lounge, 3030 Park Avenue, Bridgeport
This $64.3 million in funding coming into Connecticut to weatherize low-income housing can make progress in increasing energy efficiency in multi-family homes for low-income people, and would help preserve Connecticut's affordable housing stock. A portion of the overall weatherization funds will go from DSS to DECD, which will handle weatherization of state-funded public housing, homeless shelters and other special projects. Approximately $3 million of CT's $64.3 million will be used for shelters. $20 million will be used for state public housing, with a goal to weatherize 2850 units. More information: Weatherization Draft Plan Notice of Public Hearing Public Hearing on Hartford Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing - May 5
ARRA also included $16.9 million to Connecticut for Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) Grants which will be allocated both statewide and to specific entitlement cities. Hartford is one of five entitlement cities to receive this funding. $1,572,727 in one-time funds are available for Hartford nonprofits to help provide financial assistance and services to prevent individuals and families from becoming homeless and help those who are experiencing homelessness to be quickly rehoused and stabilized. The City of Hartford will hold a Public Hearing to discuss the City's submission of a Substantial Amendment to the Consolidated Plan 2008 Action Plan to receive funding for the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program. The public hearing will be held: - Tuesday, May 5, 2009. 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
The Lyceum Resource and Conference Center, 227 Lawrence Street, Hartford
The funds under this program are intended to target individuals and families who would be homeless but for this assistance. The funds will provide for a variety of assistance, including: short-term or medium-term rental assistance and housing relocation and stabilization services, including such activities as mediation, credit counseling, security or utility deposits, utility payments, moving cost assistance, and case management. Public Hearings on State Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing - May 6, 7, 8
Of the State's $16.9 million in HPRP Grants, $10,818,309 has been given to the Department of Social Services (DSS) to distribute to non-entitlement communities throughout the state. DECD will hold three public hearings about the state's Substantial Amendment to the Consolidated Plan 2008 Action Plan to receive funding for the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program. The public hearings will be held in Rocky Hill, Hamden, and Coventry: - Wednesday, May 6, 2009. 2:00 p.m.
CERC, Meeting Room, 805 Brook Street, Bldg. 4, Rocky Hill - Thursday, May 7, 2009. 10:00 a.m.
Hamden Gov. Center, 3rd Floor Conference Room, 2750 Dixwell Avenue, Hamden - Friday, May 8, 2009. 10:00 a.m.
Coventry Town Annex, 1712 Main Street (Route 31), Coventry
Notice of Public Hearing. CHFA Public Hearing - April 30
This Thursday, the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) invites members of the public to comment on housing matters at its April Board meeting. Anyone wishing to speak on any housing matter may sign up with CHFA. The Board meeting will be held: - Thursday, April 30, 2009. 10:00 a.m.
CHFA, 999 West Street, Rocky Hill, CT
To sign up, contact Mary Bryant at mary.bryant@chfa.org or 860-571-4221. Events Mental Health Awareness Day - May 5
On Tuesday, May 5, mental health advocates are invited to join State Representative Toni Walker, Fellowship Place and Keep the Promise Coalition (KTP) for Mental Health Awareness Day at the Capitol. The event will take place: This is an advocacy event to support expanded housing and health care options and true community integration for people living with mental illness. Wear bright blue to show your support. Participants will have the opportunity to advocate for access to housing options and community supports for people with mental illness with their own legislators. For help contacting your legislator or seeing up meetings, contact KTP Coordinator, Cheri Bragg, at 800-215-2031 or keepthepromise@namict.org. To RSVP for Mental Health Awareness Day contact Maura Seila-Hughes at 800-215-2031 or ktpassistant@namict.org. Click here for a flyer. Visualizing Density: From the Ground Up - May 14 & 15
Julie Campoli, the Vermont landscape architect, planner and designer who literally wrote the book on the possibilities of dense design - Visualizing Density, published by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy - will conduct two workshops in Connecticut next month that will provide a ground-level view of density. This new view will complement Campoli's work in Visualizing Density and the workshops she gave in Connecticut last year, which used aerial photography to show housing density. These events will be held: - Thursday, May 14, 2009. 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
(Registration and breakfast starting at 8:30 a.m.)
The Event Center of Beacon Hall at Housatonic Community College, Bridgeport
Register here: http://bridgeportvisden.eventbrite.com
- Friday, May 15, 2009. 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
(Registration and breakfast starting at 8:30 a.m.)
The Lyceum Resource and Conference Center, 227 Lawrence Street, Hartford
Register here: http://hartfordvisden.eventbrite.com
AICP CM Credit approval is pending. Click here for a flyer. Housing, Health and Education: Unseen Links - May 21
Educational success and good physical and mental health is virtually impossible to achieve without a secure, safe, affordable and appropriate place to live. The 2009 Lyceum Forum Series, "Housing: The Hub of Public Policy," will explore that connection in "Housing, Health and Education: Unseen Links" on: Thursday, May 21, 2009. 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
The Lyceum Resource and Conference Center, 227 Lawrence Street, Hartford
For more information or to register, visit http://housinghealthed.eventbrite.com. |
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