🎥🔴 LIVE: The public hearing for HB 5507 (the ADU bill) is underway NOW!
Check the link in our bio to watch the hearing and submit written testimony, which you’re even able to do after the hearing is over!
🚨🏘️ REMINDER: The public hearing for HB 5507 (the ADU bill) is on Wednesday 3/11 at 10:30am — the deadline to sign up to testify live in person or online is TOMORROW March 10th at 3pm.
Check the link in our bio for more details on the bill + directions on how to sign up to testify!
Let’s keep the momentum going — contact your State Senator at the link in the Pro-Homes CT bio! 📞
Thank you for being a friend 🤝
👵📺 The CT Housing Committee just passed our “Golden Girls” bill!
This bill allow any homeowner the right to rent out up to 3 bedrooms in the state of Connecticut, which ISN’T CURRENTLY ALLOWED in all of the state.
HB 5507 (An Act Concerning Accessory Dwelling Units) will bolster ADU production across Connecticut.
You can testify either in person or remotely or submit written testimony at the link in our bio!
🏡 On this coming Wednesday 3/11 starting at 10:30AM, the Planning and Development Committee will be hosting a public hearing on an ADU bill that we support as part of our “Starter and Senior Homes” package.
Unfortunately today’s crappy weather means that the @henrygrabar.bsky.social talk in WeHa is postponed.
Stay safe out there tonight. I’m looking forward to the new date!
🔴 LIVE: 3/3 HOUSING COMMITTEE HEARING
🔗 ✍️ In our bio, you can find the link to watch the hearing and the link to submit written testimony, which you can do even after the hearing!
Deadline to sign up for testifying is Monday 3/3 @ 3pm (TODAY)!
❗️There is a housing crisis in Connecticut. What can you do about it?
✅ Make your voice heard in favor of “Golden Girls” Bill (SB 339), which would allow anyone who wants to rent a bedroom in their single-family home to do so simply and safely.
‼️ ACTION ALERT: The deadline to sign up for “Golden Girls” bill testimony is TODAY at 3pm
Your pro-homes voice needs to be heard — get signed up at the link in our bio!
🔗 Make your voice heard in favor using the link in our bio!
📸 3rd slide photo credit: New Haven Register
🏡 What is Connecticut’s “Golden Girls” Bill? The Housing Committee will be holding a public hearing on a bill that would simplify renting a bedroom in Connecticut.
⏰️ The deadline to register to testify at the upcoming Housing Committee Hearing is Monday, 3/2 at 3pm.
Register to testify by 3pm Monday or submit written testimony at the links below!
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/CGATest...
This bill would allow you to rent a bedroom of a single-family home simply and safely. It recognizes that you should use your home how you see fit, whether you’re a senior looking to have a little extra income to pay for upkeep or a first time homeowner trying to help cover the mortgage.
🚨ACTION ALERT: PUBLIC HEARING FOR “GOLDEN GIRLS” BILL
Currently, if you want to rent a bedroom in your single-family home to a tenant, even if they’re a friend, in some places in Connecticut, it’s banned or complicated by law.
We’ve begun putting clips on our social media from our first 3 interviews, with Commissioner Ryan Engels, Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff, and Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw. Now, we’ve got the full interviews up on YouTube. Check them out a the link in our bio.
Stay tuned — more to come!
🔥 We kicked off 2026 with a new Pro-Homes Interview series with a simple goal in mind: highlight the work, goals, and perspectives of the elected officials and advocates that are working to make Connecticut’s housing stock more abundant, affordable, and diverse.
Changes like these only happen when the pro-homes movement shows up to testify in favor of action, emboldening legislators to do what’s needed to bring down costs.
If we’re going to continue to act to bring down the cost of housing, we’re going to need all hands on deck. We should allow everyone across the 169 municipalities in CT to have the option to build an ADU on their land.
As she discusses, PA 21-29, passed in 2021, allows municipalities to opt out of allowing ADUs as of right — and 2/3rds of municipalities took that option.
💡 Rep. Kavros DeGraw knows better than almost anybody that despite the passage of HB 8002, the housing crisis is still raging in Connecticut. One of her solutions that the legislature has the opportunity to implement is ADU reform!
Submit written testimony for SB 151, the Housing Committee bill that would help legalize the building of smaller, more affordable homes in areas with public water and sewer, at this link: www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/CGATest...
🚨Missed yesterday’s Housing Committee hearing? There’s still time to submit testimony! 🧵
This is a great opportunity to promote common sense, proven zoning reforms that will give opportunities for young people to obtain homeownership and for seniors to downsize within their communities. Sign up to testify virtually TODAY by 3pm or in person at the link in our bio!
🏛️ This Tuesday, 2/17 at 11 AM: Testify at the Public Hearing on SB 151!
This is part of our “Starter & Senior Home” package of bills and will create smaller lots to build smaller, more affordable homes.
In Norwalk, part of his district, transit oriented communities have brought economic vibrancy to previously vacant lots while allowing open space to STAY open space. 🌳
Photo credit in order of their appearance:
CTMirror Illustration; Yelp; Brian A. Pounds/Hearst Connecticut Media
🚌@bobduffct.bsky.social supports transit oriented communities because, unlike suburban sprawl, they preserve open space!
‼️ @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social: Transit Oriented Communities HELPS the environment and PRESERVES open space! 🚜 🌱
Thanks to the tireless work of Rep. Kavros-DeGraw and other fighters in the legislature, Connecticut is going to be a model for how housing sustainability meets housing affordability. 🤝
We need a variety of housing that guarantees that if you grew up somewhere in Connecticut, you have the opportunity to return and continue to build a life there. 🙌
