Mapping Communities of
Opportunity in Connecticut
The Connecticut Fair Housing Center has partnered with the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity to perform research that leads to a better understanding of how to support and promote inclusive, diverse communities of choice: communities and neighborhoods where families choose to live; where housing and schools are stable and well supported; where employment is accessible; and where all racial and ethnic groups, and persons with disabilities, are an integral part of the larger community.
Recognizing that housing is an important link to schools, employment, transportation, smart growth, and health care access, the Connecticut Fair Housing Center looked to the Kirwan Institute’s work in the area of opportunity mapping in order to identify how fair housing can become more of an intervention point for marginalized communities across the State.
The Connecticut Fair Housing Center and the Kirwan Institute would like to thank the many individuals and organizations who have assisted with this report.
We thank the President of our Board, Philip Tegeler of the Poverty and Race Research Council, for playing the matchmaking role of connecting the Center to the Kirwan Institute and acting as an inspiration for our work on opportunity mapping issues. We are also grateful to our Legal Director Greg Kirschner whose tireless litigation on behalf of the Center’s clients yielded the funding for this report.
Of course, thanks to the members of our Coalition of Stakeholders:
- 1000 Friends of Connecticut
- Connecticut Association for Human Services
- Connecticut Voices for Children
- Connecticut Legal Services
- New Haven Legal Assistance Association
- Connecticut Housing Coalition
- Urban League of Greater Hartford
- HOME, Inc.
- Housing Education Resource Center
- The Sheff Movement Coalition
- Connecticut Association of Directors of Health
- Connecticut Legal Rights Project
- Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding
- Greater Hartford Legal Aid
- Legal Assistance Resource Center of Connecticut
- Connecticut Citizen Action Group
- Center for Children’s Advocacy
And thanks, especially, to our hard working staff members and our tireless Board of Directors, for their many contributions to all aspects of this project.
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