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Fair Housing has been a subsequent housing struggle that unfortunately continues today. Due to discriminatory practices in housing, the Fair Housing Act was passed as law in 1968. However, that did not end the regime of discriminatory behavior that…

The South End is a classic streetcar suburb characterized by extensive residential development, initially established to accommodate ethnic communities from Southern and Eastern Europe. Originally housing residents from the Old East Side, which is…

Community residents are drafting zone change ordinances to transition from commercial to residential zoning, aiming to preserve the absent residential characteristics of the community.

The Connecticut Housing Investment Fund emphasizes that reinvestment in urban neighborhoods can occur without displacing long-term residents. Planners are actively devising strategies for development that aim to preserve both ethnic and economic…

Vecinos Unidos representatives have met several times with officials at the Connecticut Bank & Trust Co., holders of the mortgage for 26 Cedar St., pictured above. The first floor occupants, the Santana family, must contend with broken porch…

Commitee of 24, a Puerto-Rican activist group planned a mass rally on October 15, 1979 to City Council to protest the housing crisis that affected the city's poor income residents, many of whom are Puerto-Rican. The goals of this meeting were to…

Republic Councilman John Cunnane proposes an ordinance that would designate an area as being residential property only.

HART congress sets priorities elects officers, leaves questions
Bill Doak, again writing about the HART, seems to have some interest in housing issues in Frog Hollow"

Bill Doak Writes again about the Hartford Areas Rally Together organization and their efforts to get together and vote on issues that they want to get to or work on in the next year. Some of the issues that they are looking to pursue are issues with…

Four attorneys who own property in the Hungerford Street neighborhood are appealing a zone change, contending that it does not align with public welfare and fails to address the broader needs of the community.