2003: Middletown Planning

“Affordable Housing in Middletown, CT”

for Middletown Department of Planning, Conservation, and Development

by Ata Suanda, Evan Kultangwatana, Jessica Karp, and Julia Bruckner

 

This report was produced by four Wesleyan students in partnership with the Middletown Department of Planning, Conservation, and Development (MPCD). The purpose of this report is to give clear, accurate information on the affordable housing situation in Middletown. The data provided are intended to help planners and other concerned citizens make informed decisions about housing in Middletown.

We began this report with one central question: What is the supply of and the need for affordable housing in Middletown? We set out to create a Master-List and map of all government assisted affordable housing units in Middletown, and to use Census data, rental listings, and information on housing sales to provide a picture of both government-assisted housing and market-based housing.

The term “affordable housing” is of