Join Us on Thursday for a Housing Committee Hearing!

This Thursday, meet us at the Capitol for a critical Housing Committee hearing! We need you to help us fill the room! Please invite your boards of directors, your friends, and your community partners to stand in solidarity with us at the Housing Committee hearing and submit written testimony. As a powerful symbol of unity and strength, we will be wearing matching yellow shirts with the message "Prevent, Respond, House" - order yours below!

What You Need to Know:

Housing Committee Hearing

When: Thursday, February 13th | 11:00 AM

Where: Room #2D of the Legislative Office Building

300 Capitol Ave., Hartford, or via Zoom

Tools for Submitting Written Testimony:

We encourage everyone to submit written testimony -

download the testimony template and click here to submit!

For more information and data to help you write your testimony,

check out our fact sheets here!

Why It Matters:

H.B. 6893 includes $33.5 million in funding for the Homeless Response System that will help providers and staff prevent homelessness, respond to housing crisis, and house people sustainably!

H.B. 6894 will codify the Interagency Council on Homelessness for better coordination between state agencies, local partners, and service providers.

If you have any questions or you need help submitting testimony, please contact Katherine Whitney.

Watch Live on YouTube or CT-N

Order a Shirt and Show Your Support!

Our goal is to have advocates wear their t-shirts to in a bold statement for change, all session long.

Click the link to email us and let us know how many of each size your organization needs by noon on Tuesday so that we have enough for everyone. Shirts will be distributed at the Capitol, price is $20 per shirt.

Mark Your Calendar: Appropriations Hearings

Next week, join us for two more hearings in the Appropriations Subcommittees, both of which support our funding request as part of the DOH and DHMAS budgets.

Appropriations Subcommittee on Health Hearing

Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS)

When: Friday, February 21st | 4:00 PM

Where: Room #2C of the Legislative Office Building

300 Capitol Ave., Hartford, or via Zoom

Appropriations Subcommittee on

Conservation & Development Hearing

Department of Housing (DOH)

When: Wednesday, February 26th | 4:30 PM

Where: Room #2C of the Legislative Office Building

300 Capitol Ave., Hartford, or via Zoom

Testimony templates & more information to come!

We are enthusiastically looking forward to the opportunity to meet everyone at the Capitol over the next three weeks, and to join you in calling on legislators to solve homelessness in Connecticut!

Other Ways to Participate!

Sign up to Write an Op-Ed: Op-eds and Letters to the Editor are a great way to inform your community and region about issues you care about, and whether you need help brainstorming, drafting, editing, or submitting your letter, we are here to assist.

Get In Touch with Legislators: Let them know that we appreciate that Governor Lamont included the Homeless Response System in his proposed budget, and now we need them to support legislation that will solve homelessness in your community.

• Using our legislative directories, invite legislators to your site, give them a call, or send them an email!
• Check out our fact sheets, which offer plenty of information about why this legislation is so important.

If you have any questions or you need any assistance, please contact Katherine Whitney.