Exposing Connecticut’s Eviction Crisis
Understanding the intersection of race and sex in Connecticut’s Eviction crisis
Decades of discriminatory housing policies and public actions have created two separate and unequal housing markets in Connecticut. These markets are closely divided across race and ethnicity.
On February 8, 2022, CTData Collaborative, the Connecticut Fair Housing Center, and Aurora Women and Girls Foundation released groundbreaking research on ‘who is being evicted’ in Connecticut. In 2024, we released updated reports exploring key policy changes in Connecticut, including changes to the UniteCT program and the introduction of a new right-to-counsel program. We also update the Evictions Map on a bi-monthly basis.
Updated resources Include
You can also read our 2022 full report, Exposing Connecticut’s Eviction Crisis, or the 2022 report summary.
Data Release Event: Exposing Connecticut’s Eviction Crisis
Watch the full presentation of the data release on February 8, 2022. And be sure to take a look at the list of Eviction Resources compiled by the Aurora Women and Girls Foundation.
On Wednesday, January 19, Michelle Riordan-Nold and Salmun Kazerounian (Staff Attorney for the Connecticut Fair Housing Center) joined Dr. Khalilah Brown-Dean on WNPR’s show Disrupted to preview the findings for this important project. Listen to the episode online here, or download the episode with your favorite podcast service here.
Thank you to the staff of the CT Fair Housing Center who helped make these data available, and contributed to the story. This work was made possible by the generous support of the Aurora Women and Girls Foundation, the National Low Income Housing Coalition, and the William and Alice Mortensen Foundation for their support of Aurora’s research efforts.
