If you’ve nothing better to do…

I’m on WNPR’s “Where We Live” on Thursday, starting at 9 a.m. I’ll be appearing with Rex Fowler, who leads the Hartford Community Loan Fund, and Jeff Gentes, of Connecticut Fair Housing Center. They’ll be talking about tax liens, which I wrote about here. (And as an aside, Bro. Rex is also a refugee from the …

If you’ve nothing better to do…

…listen to WNPR’s “Where We Live” around 9:20 on Friday morning, and hear Breisha Hilyard (featured here) talk about her life. Brei has an incredible story, and it’s well worth listening to. I’ll be there, too.

If you’ve nothing better to do…

…here’s a recording of yesterday’s WNPR’s “Where We Live” about zoning and housing. I was on that show, but I wasn’t the smartest person there. And here’s a recent copy of Hartford’s draft zoning regulations, all 260 pages of them.

If you’ve nothing better to do…

…I’m on “Where We Live” on WNPR at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, talking about how zoning can serve (and often does, in Connecticut) as the last legalized bastion of racism and classism. The show will also explore a recent study from Partnership for Strong Communities, which you can read here.

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Yesterday, three CCSU students appeared on WNPR’s “Where We Live” with John Dankosky. They discussed their work this semester in the realm of wealth and income inequality, through the prism of race in the run-up to our big Dec. 10 event, Bridging the Gap: A Dream Deferred. There was no professor with them, and no …

Listen to “Where We Live” today and hear some incredible students.

At 9 a.m. this morning, three CCSU students — Lindsay Grant, Signe Lambertsen, and Jackson Rioux — are appearing on WNPR’s “Where We Live” to talk about our Dec. 10 event,  Bridging the Gap: A Dream Deferred. You can listen here. The CCSU communication department has spent the last semester looking at wealth and income …

If you’ve nothing better to do…

…Listen to John Dankosky’s “Where We Live” at 9 a.m. on Friday as we talk about — what else? — the high cost of renting in Connecticut. I wrote about this earlier for the station’s website. and now we’re going to delve deeper into the topic, with the expert guidance of Katy Shafer of Partnership for Strong Communities, Betsy …

They. Did it. And more.

The dedicated team that worked on the Greater Hartford 100-day challenge to reduce chronic homelessness moved heaven and earth and did some amazing things — but not just in Greater Hartford. There were similar efforts in Fairfield County, southeastern Connecticut and northeastern Connecticut. This in addition to the original effort in New Haven last year. …

If you’ve nothing better to do…

…there’s a wrap-up of the 100-day challenge to greatly reduce chronic homelessness in the state on WNPR‘s “Where We Live” at 9 a.m. on Tuesday. Better yet, the story will include Sal Pinna, who is making his radio debut. If you’ll remember, Sal [pictured at a recent performance at Charter Oak Cultural Center] was recently …

This is the last week of the 100-day challenge

Since March, activists, advocates, policy makers, legislators, and folks who want to do something awesome have devoted the last 100 days to open 100 homes for people who desperately need them. People have put in insane hours and moved insurmountable mountains to make sure people like Sal, Jack, and Shannon now have a place to …