January 20, 2009
Gov. Rell this afternoon is going to announce that the incredible rising budget deficit continues to inflate, even though the General Assembly has met twice in recent months to turn down spending, most recently last week’s $131-million adjustment.
The majority Democrats threw some added spending in last week’s bill and Sens. Ed Gomes, D-Bridgeport and Anthony Musto, D-Trumbull, said that in troubled times, lower-income people need added help.
.So they voted to shift $3.9 million for affordable-housing rents affordable. The legislation will support 368 elderly and family rental units in Bridgeport and keep rents from rising.
“People across Connecticut and in Bridgeport are worried about losing their homes,” Gomes said in a statement. “We had an opportunity to make sure that hundreds of people in Bridgeport did not see their rents go up and would not lose their homes.”