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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut allocates $33.5 million to the Department of Housing for homelessness programs
Last action · April 7, 2026: Referred by House to Committee on AppropriationsSponsors: Martha Marx and 8 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Connecticut appropriates $33.5 million from the to the Department of Housing for the ending June 30, 2027, to support programs assisting homeless individuals, effective July 1, 2026.
Directs a multi-million-dollar infusion of state funds specifically toward state-level housing and support services for homeless populations.
- The General Assembly is the legislative body of the State of Connecticut, responsible for enacting state laws and passing the state budget. context
- The Department of Housing is a state agency tasked with overseeing housing development, affordability, and homelessness assistance initiatives in Connecticut. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Department of Housing
Receives an appropriation of $33.5 million to administer programs assisting homeless persons.
homeless persons
Eligible to be served by the state-funded programs supported by the appropriation.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
10 actions- Apr 7, 2026HouseReferred by House to Committee on Appropriations
- Mar 16, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFile Number 20
- Mar 16, 2026HouseHouse Calendar Number 44
- Mar 16, 2026HouseFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
- Mar 16, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Mar 9, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReferred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/16/26 12:00 PM
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- Mar 6, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Mar 5, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyJoint Favorable
- Feb 13, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 02/17
- Feb 11, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Housing
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General Fund Appropriation for Housing
The entirety of the $33.5 million funding is drawn directly from the state's General Fund for FY 27.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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