FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, June 7, 2024
HAMDEN – Senate President Pro Tempore Martin Looney (D-New Haven) and state Senator Jorge Cabrera (D-Hamden) today welcomed State Bond Commission approval of an $8.69 million investment in Hamden that will help build 64 units of affordable rental housing at 2980 State Street.
One-quarter of the units are designated for disabled, unhoused persons, or people with intellectual or developmental disabilities receiving support from the Mid-State ARC. The funds approved today will also be used for a Community Hub facility and pedestrian and streetscape improvements around 2980 State Street.
The funding was first approved on March 12 by the Community Investment Fund 2030 Board and then recommended to the governor to be approved by the State Bond Commission.
“Hamden has made great strides in offering affordable housing options, and it’s one of the Top 12 towns in Connecticut that has increased its stock of affordable housing between 2011 and 2022. This grant will only accelerate Hamden’s success,” said Sen. Looney, who is Co-Chair of the CIF Board.
“The lack of affordable housing in Connecticut is a real problem, and we need real solutions,” Sen Cabrera said. “Hamden is a part of that solution, and that’s what this grant will help us do – create more than five dozen additional units of affordable housing in town.”
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