Hamden Awarded $8.69M In State Funding For Housing Development

HAMDEN, CT — Hamden has been awarded $8.69 in state funding for the Affordable Housing Development on State Street following the approval by the State Bond Commission on Friday.

The funds will help build 64 units of affordable rental housing at 2980 State St.

One-quarter of the units are designated for disabled, unhoused persons, or people with intellectual or developmental disabilities receiving support from the Mid-State ARC, according to a news release.

The approved funds will also be used for a Community Hub facility and pedestrian and streetscape improvements around 2980 State Street.

State Senate President Pro Tempore Martin Looney (D-New Haven, Hamden) said “Hamden has made great strides in offering affordable housing options, and it’s one of the Top 12 towns in Connecticut that has increased its stock of affordable housing between 2011 and 2022.”

“This grant will only accelerate Hamden’s success,” said Looney, who is co-chair of the CIF Board.

The funding is part of approximately $74 million in state money disbursed to support 27 projects in 18 towns and cities, and the fourth round of grants under the Community Investment Fund 2030.

The state grant fund was created in 2022 to support economic development in historically underserved communities across Connecticut.

“The lack of affordable housing in Connecticut is a real problem, and we need real solutions,” state Sen. Jorge Cabrera (D-Hamden) said. “Hamden is a part of that solution, and that’s what this grant will help us do – create more than five dozen additional units of affordable housing in town.”