Legislation

The ACLU of Connecticut supports a H.B. 6948, which would help provide people who are living with a criminal record with access to housing so that they can grow and thrive within their communities.

The ACLU-CT believes that Connecticut is stronger and safer when all people have a fair chance of accessing housing. Connecticut needs to invest in housing programs and services specifically for people leaving incarceration.

The ACLU-CT strongly supports S.B. 143 because housing is a basic human right. Our communities are stronger when everyone has access to a safe home and the opportunity to succeed.

Housing is a basic human right, everyone should have access to safe, affordable housing. Our communities are stronger when everyone has a safe home and the opportunity to succeed.

No person should experience housing discrimination. We support legislation that holds landlords accountable when they engage in housing discrimination.

Protections against housing discrimination provide important supports to people in difficult situations. There is no circumstance in which it is acceptable for a landlord to discriminate against a tenant because of their status as a suvivor of domestic violence.

All people in Connecticut have a right to safe, stable, and affordable housing.

The ACLU-CT believes that everyone deserves access to safe, sanitary, and affordable housing, including justice-impacted people.

Connecticut is stronger and safer when a person who is formerly incarcerated has a fair chance of accessing a job, housing, and education. Yet, people who are formally incarcerated are nearly ten times more likely to be homeless than any other members of the public.