There are important legislative hearings coming up Feb. 3 and 5 and we need help making sure our representatives in Hartford know our position on this proposed bills.

Ending Youth Homelessness: SB 408 (An Act Concerning Youth Homelessness): Feb. 3
We need you to appear and tell legislators we support SB 408 (An Act Concerning Youth Homelessness) that aims to ameliorate homelessness among youth. Instructions to testify at the public hearing are below.
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 3
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: 1B, Legislative Office Building Hartford (300 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106)
Download talking points here.

Support for Elderly and Disabled Housing for people with disabilities: Feb. 3 
We need you to appear and tell legislators we oppose SB 170, 409 and HB 5583, 6144, all of which serve to limit access to “elderly/disabled” housing for people with disabilities.  Instructions to testify at the public hearing are below.
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 3
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: 1B, Legislative Office Building Hartford (300 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106)
Download talking points here.
Information for testifying on Feb. 3: Please direct all questions to Betty Gallo at Betty@GalloRobinson.com or to Kate Robinson at Kate@GalloRobinson.com. Sign-up for the hearing will begin 11 a.m. in Room 2700 of the LOB. Please submit 35 copies of written testimony to Committee staff by 12:30 p.m. in Room 2700 of the LOB. Testimony received after the designated time may not be distributed until after the hearing. Please email written testimony in Word or PDF format to HSGtestimony@cga.ct.gov. Testimony should clearly state testifier name and related Bills. The Committee requests that testimony be limited to matters related to the items on the agenda. The first hour of the hearing is reserved for Legislators, Constitutional Officers, State Agency Heads and Chief Elected Municipal Officials. Speakers will be limited to 3 minutes of testimony. The Committee encourages witnesses to submit a written statement and to condense oral testimony to a summary of that statement. Unofficial sign-up sheets have no standing with the Committee. All public hearing testimony, written and spoken, is public information. As such, it will be made available on the CGA website and indexed by internet search engines.

Hearing on Affordable Housing: Feb. 5
We need you to appear and tell legislators about the important role affordable housing plays in ending homelessness. We oppose any bills raised to amend or outright appeal 8-30g (the Affordable Housing Appeals Process). We need to humanize the need for affordable housing throughout the state and remind legislators that it remains a vital tool to combat housing insecurity and homelessness.
Details of the hearing and the long list of bills proposed for review are available here.
Talking points will be available on Monday.  Instructions to testify at the public hearing are below.
Date: Thursday, Feb. 5
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: City Hall Aldermanic Chamber, Second Floor, 165 Church St., New Haven, CT 06511

Download talking points here.

If you need assistance testifying or more details please email David Fink at david@pschousing.org or Christina Rubenstein at christina@pschousing.org.
Information for testifying on Feb. 5: Sign-up for the hearing will begin at 5 p.m. in the City Hall Aldermanic Chamber.  Please submit 35 copies of written testimony to Committee staff by 6 p.m. at the City Hall Aldermanic Chamber, Second Floor.  Testimony received after the designated time may not be distributed until after the hearing.  Please email written testimony in Word or PDF format to HSGtestimony@cga.ct.gov.  Testimony should clearly state testifier name and related Bills.  The Committee requests that testimony be limited to matters related to the items on the Agenda.  The first hour of the hearing is reserved for Legislators, Constitutional Officers, State Agency Heads and Chief Elected Municipal Officials.  Speakers will be limited to three minutes of testimony.  The Committee encourages witnesses to submit a written statement and to condense oral testimony to a summary of that statement.  Unofficial sign-up sheets have no standing with the Committee.  All public hearing testimony, written and spoken, is public information.  As such, it will be made available on the CGA website and indexed by internet search engines.

Please contact Sarah Fox at sfox@cceh.org with any questions or concerns.