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Thursday, May 1, 2025 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM - Please join us for All In for Milford's May Community Community Gathering!  This month we are All Hands On Deck as we prepare together for Milford Planning and Zoning Board's May 6th Public Hearing on Key Zoning Changes that could help make it possible for working people to afford to live in Milford and help revive the Village of Devon!  Please join us and learn more about these important changes, how the Planning and Zoning Board works, and how we all can get involved! ... [ more ]

Connecticut is in the middle of an affordable housing crisis. This means that there are fewer affordable housing options available than people who need them. What's worse, while we work to build and convert new housing, we are losing existing affordable options. Connecticut legistators are considering expanding Just Cause Eviction Protections with H.B. 6889. The All In Alliances and our partners, CT for All, The Housing Collective and The Connecticut Project are working together to help pass this critical affordable housing bill ... [ more ]

How Collaboration and Collective Action can Cultivate a Safe and Healthy Community
April 2025 - by Jesse Williams, All In for Milford - as published in Milford City Lifestyle Magazine - Your community is your church, your neighbors, your job, your family and your friends. But those things are not themselves the foundation of a city or town or neighborhood -- not the structures that allow it to exist and thrive. What a community is actually built on is much less abstract: housing that people can afford, food that people can access, streets that people can feel safe on ... [ more ]

March 1, 2025 - The City of Milford is conducting a survey to identify residents' needs throughout the city. This survey will help the City prepare its Five-Year Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding. Please take a few minutes and complete this confidential survey questionnaire. You may complete this survey form online or return a completed hard copy of the survey to the Milford Department of Economic and Community Development ... [ more ]

February 6, 2025 - by Marti LoMonaco - All In for Milford’s February gathering picked up right where we left off in January, exploring Fair Housing and how we can work together to get the Just Cause Bill passed in the 2025 Legislative Session. We were graciously hosted by the Woodruff Family YMCA with lots of goodies provided by stalwart AIFM members ... [ more ]

February 1, 2025 - by Jesse Williams - There is nothing dramatic in Carol Martin’s tone or demeanor as she stands at the podium, in the high-ceilinged, sterile Milford City Hall chamber adorned with the usual historic frames and flags, with a row of potted faux-poinsettias adding a little color to the room. In front of her, sitting behind their high desk are ten members of the Planning & Zoning board – ten impassive faces, waiting on her ... [ more ]

December 13, 2024 - by Nick Sambides - CT Examiner - MILFORD - The city Fair Rent Commission's first complaint — filed by a municipal housing advocate aiming to demonstrate how the new board can support renters — is expected to end with a settlement.  The agreement creates a more affordable and flexible rental arrangement between Thomas J. Ivers, a public housing and community development specialist working for the Town of Fairfield and his landlord, Spinnaker Milford Apartment Homes ... [ more ]

December 4, 2024 - by Alysha Gardner, Partnership for Strong Communities - As the housing crisis has come to a breaking point in Connecticut, we've seen a diverse coalition across the state come together and reinforce the need to invest in more, and more affordable, housing.  It is rare for one issue to be so unifying, but the message is clear for the upcoming legislative session: we need more housing now  ... [ more ]

June 27, 2024 - CPTV - This compelling documentary by Connecticut Public Television underscores the legacy of exclusionary zoning and redlining imposed a painful divide we see today in our state's current housing crisis. Our towns and cities are segregated by race and class because of systemic barriers that have persisted over time. Witness the struggle and determination of those fighting for change ... [ more ]

March 22, 2024 [Southington, CT] - Today the Connecticut Chapter of the American Planning Association (CCAPA) presented the All In Alliances in Ansonia, Derby, Milford, Oxford, Seymour, and Waterbury with their 2024 Citizen Planner Award, at their annual awards luncheon.  The ceremony was attended by over 60 Connecticut city planners and colleagues in government, public service, and philanthropy. .  CCAPA board member Debbie Lawlor, who offered the award, said “the All In Alliances are the recognized voice for the underdog.”  She continued, “We believe in what you’re doing, and we need what you’re doing to support our efforts all around the state.” ... [ more ]

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