February 17, 2021

Efforts to Ensure Housing as a Right in Connecticut Intensify, Would be First in Nation

February 17, 2021/ Bernard Kavaler

The effort to have housing declared a “right” in the State of Connecticut has been renewed this year by State Senator Saud Anwar of South Windsor. He launched the initiative a year ago, at the start of the 2020 legislative session, which was abruptly cut short due to the coronavirus. A year later, given all that the impact of the coronavirus has revealed, the need has only become more acute.

February 15, 2021

Proposal Would Require State to Study Impact of Second-Hand Smoke in Multi-Family Dwellings

February 15, 2021/ Bernard Kavaler

Legislation proposed at the State Capitol would establish a task force to study and make recommendations concerning protecting and safeguarding occupants and residents of mixed-use buildings from harm caused by secondhand smoke, especially residents and occupants who suffer from impaired respiratory function or another respiratory disability.

February 14, 2021

Protecting Assets of Older Residents and Spouses Requires Legislative Action, Elder Law Attorneys Tell Lawmakers

February 14, 2021/ Bernard Kavaler

The Connecticut Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys is seeking a series of revisions to Connecticut law that would better protect the assets of individuals seeking to stay at home in their later years when they require at-home care under certain circumstances, and their spouses.

October 20, 2020

20 CT Communities Among Top 50 Percent of Best Small Cities in U.S., Analysis Finds

October 20, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

Twenty Connecticut communities are among the top 50 percent in a ranking of the Best Small Cities in America, according to a new analysis. The Connecticut municipalities were led by Westport, Wethersfield, Shelton, and West Hartford.

September 15, 2020

A Majority of Young Adults Live With Their Parents – Highest Percentage Since Great Depression Era

September 15, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

The coronavirus outbreak has pushed millions of Americans, especially young adults, to move in with family members. The share of 18- to 29-year-olds living with their parents has now become a majority the first time that has occurred since the Great Depression era, according to a new analysis of national data by the Pew Research Center.

April 22, 2020

Best States to Work from Home? CT Ranks 24th

April 22, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

In a new analysis ranking the best states to work from home, Connecticut was middle-of-the-pack, placing 24th among the states. The state’s strongest category? Access to fast broadband speeds, definitely a plus when working online from home.

February 16, 2020

Tax Credit for College Graduates Buying First Home Proposed, Again

February 16, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

Among the numerous legislative proposals in the early weeks of the current session of the Connecticut General Assembly is one that would require the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to establish the Learn Here, Live Here program. It’s been tried before. The requirement, not the program itself.

January 13, 2020

Hartford Healthcare to Pilot Global Innovations in Home-care Technology in Partnership with Upward Labs and Connecticut Innovations

January 13, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

The growing aging population in Connecticut and beyond is increasingly becoming the driving force behind innovation and new enterprises in Hartford. That momentum was given a strong nudge forward with the announcement of new homegrown partnership.

January 12, 2020

State Senator Urges CT to be Nation’s First “Right to Housing” State

January 12, 2020/ Bernard Kavaler

Aspirational goals are not the everyday currency at the State Capitol, but as the first legislative session of the new decade begins next month, one State Senator is urging Connecticut to blaze a path for the other 49 states by becoming the nation’s first Right to Housing state.