Governor claims that CT is building many homes but data indicate otherwise

HARTFORD.- In recent months, Governor Ned Lamont has frequently highlighted the pace of state-funded housing construction in Connecticut, which he describes as a key tool to address high rents and low unemployment rates. During his speech on the “State Situation” last January, for example, he referred to “more new housing we have built today than at any other time in a long time.” A month later, during his budget speech, he stated that the state…