Abigail Brone

Fairfield has a new fire safety inspection fee system. Now, corporate landlords with hundreds of apartments are paying a larger fee to the town. The fee increased from $100 per building to $40 per unit.

Congress just approved a sweeping federal housing bill. It’s the largest housing reform in nearly twenty years. Nonprofit housing providers are now gearing up for the coming changes.

Homeless advocates in New Haven say the city didn’t do enough to protect unhoused residents during the heatwave this past weekend. For Saturday, July 4, there were initially no plans for a city-run cooling center.

A proposed federal bill would allow Connecticut homeowners to get financial assistance for crumbling foundation repairs. Affected homeowners don’t just have to fix their foundations. There are related costs, including repairing the driveway, as well as fixing porches, basements and garages.

A veterans’ housing expansion in Rocky Hill is offering new hope for dozens of homeless vets and their families. The remodeled building on the VA campus in Rocky Hill will have six townhouses for veterans and their families and 14 more homes for individual vets.

The pest control company Orkin compiled a list of the 50 cities in the U.S. in which the company did the most bed bug treatments. Hartford ranked number 26, ahead of larger cities like San Diego, Miami and Seattle.

The Homes at Avon Park will transform a vacant office building into an apartment building. The project also involves constructing several new apartment buildings, beyond the original project proposal.

Several neighborhoods around rapid bus routes and rail stations are ready to take on new housing. A new report commissioned by the Regional Plan Association, highlighted areas where housing could be constructed near bus and train hubs.

The city is handing out bottled water and the Greater Waterbury YMCA is open to non-members for showers throughout the weekend.

About 15,000 customers were without water in Waterbury on Friday after a second water main break within a week.