Invisible Walls

Connecticut’s Separate and Unequal Housing

Housing segregation is a national trend, but Connecticut is somewhat ahead of the pack.

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After Our Reporting, Connecticut Officials Are Taking On Housing Segregation

by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas and Jenna Carlesso, The Connecticut Mirror

January 24, 2020, 5:00 am EST

10 stories published since 2019

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April 15, 2021, 4:11 pm EDT
One of America’s Wealthiest States Might Pass Up an Opportunity to Tackle Housing Segregation

by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, The Connecticut Mirror

June 29, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Local Housing Authorities Give Themselves Perfect Scores. Renters Disagree.

by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, The Connecticut Mirror

March 5, 2020, 5:00 am EST
What You Need to Know About How Section 8 Really Works

by Maya Miller

January 9, 2020, 5:30 am EST
Lo que necesita saber acerca de cómo funciona realmente la Sección 8

por Maya Miller

January 9, 2020, 5:30 am EST
How Wealthy Towns Keep People With Housing Vouchers Out

by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, The Connecticut Mirror

January 9, 2020, 5:00 am EST
Separated by Design: Why Affordable Housing Is Built in Areas With High Crime, Few Jobs and Struggling Schools

by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, The Connecticut Mirror

November 25, 2019, 5:00 am EST
This Lawyer Fought Housing Segregation. Now Wealthy Suburbanites Want to Fire His Firm.

by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, The Connecticut Mirror

September 25, 2019, 5:00 am EDT
Separated by Design: How Some of America’s Richest Towns Fight Affordable Housing

by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, The Connecticut Mirror

May 22, 2019, 5:00 am EDT