Connecticut Fair Housing Center

The Connecticut Fair Housing Center is a statewide nonprofit and civil rights organization. Our mission to ensure that all people have equal access to housing opportunities in Connecticut, free from discrimination. Driven by the vision that everyone deserves equal access to the housing of their choice, the Center has worked for three decades to ensure that our community is heard and supported with forceful advocacy, representation, and power building in the face of housing discrimination and exploitation in a system that places profit over decent and equitable living conditions. Today, our work includes: -Free investigative and legal services for renters and homeowners. -Tenant organizing and policy advocacy to fight back against housing discrimination and exploitation. -Education and outreach for individuals at risk of experiencing housing discrimination. Though advocacy, the Center is building collective power. Ensuring that all people have equitable access to the housing of their choice, free from discrimination removes barriers to opportunity, success, and health that may otherwise impact families for generations. Safe and affordable housing leads to better health outcomes, stronger educational opportunities for children, and gives families the ability to build wealth and make forward-thinking decisions for their future. Desegregating our communities increases access to employment, revitalizes neighborhoods, and builds resiliency.