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The fight for a more equal Connecticut begins at home: Re-imagining pandemic housing policy

by Numi Katz On June 29, amidst pandemic-induced unemployment and economic uncertainty, the Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration released a sweeping $33 million assistance program for renters, homeowners, and local landlords. Connecticut has been lauded as a national leader in the housing policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

July 03, 2020
New data and resident stories inform Connecticut’s road map for recovery

[Note: This piece, by DataHaven's Mark Abraham and Aparna Nathan, initially appeared in the Connecticut Mirror.]

June 26, 2020
Coronavirus more deadly for Blacks and Hispanics, exposes inequity

[Excerpt from feature article by Bill Cummings, June 26, 2020, featuring data from the new DataHaven publication "Towards Health Equity in Connecticut: The Role of Social Inequality and the Impact of COVID-19"] The coronavirus has been far more deadly for Connecticut’s Black and Hispanic residents than white citizens — and the reasons are exposing decades of economic and health disparity.

June 26, 2020
New DataHaven report investigates why discrimination and other social factors lead to a 20-year divide in life expectancy in Connecticut, and how they are compounded by COVID-19

For immediate release -- June 18, 2020 For media: Download this media advisory and an Executive Summary as a PDF:

June 18, 2020
Towards Health Equity in Connecticut

Towards Health Equity in Connecticut: The Role of Social Inequality and the Impact of COVID-19, is a comprehensive new report that summarizes five broad social determinants of health and discusses how various groups of people are affected by their opportunities in each category.

June 18, 2020
Newsletter: DataHaven Informs CT Path Forward, New Health Equity Report, Meet Our Summer Interns

Subscribe, view past issues, and view the newsletter in its original format at https://mailchi.mp/762128fd56c9/maycovidresponse.

May 31, 2020

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