FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 23, 2025
Contact: Meghan Holden, The Connecticut Project Action Fund, meghanholden@ctproject.org
NEW HAVEN – Governor Ned Lamont today vetoed H.B. 5002, legislation that would have enabled towns to individually decide how to increase affordable housing, created a pilot program for direct rental assistance, and enabled towns to convert commercial space into housing.
The following is a reaction from Melvin Medina, Vice President of Advocacy and External Affairs of The Connecticut Project Action Fund:
“Thousands of working class and middle class people can’t afford to rent or own a home in Connecticut, making this veto disappointing and short-sighted. Nixing this bill suggests a lack of urgency and a commitment to steady habits that aren’t delivering results. More than 5,000 Connecticut Project supporters from suburbs, rural towns, and cities called and emailed Governor Lamont in the last two weeks asking him to support this bill to make housing more affordable. We hope that the next housing bill makes significant progress in enabling working class and middle class people to afford to live here.”
