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In Short Supply: Urban renewal, the Thames River Apartments and the future of affordable housing

In this episode of In Short Supply, we delve into the legacy of urban renewal and the complicated history of the Thames River Apartments in New London Connecticut. And we hear from an affordable housing developer about the challenges that these much-needed below-market-rate projects face. In Short Supply is a podcast series examining how the housing crisis, which is affecting the country as a whole and is getting worse with the growth in inflation, impacts the communities of southeastern Connecticut. It is part of The Day's yearlong investigative initiative called the Housing Solutions Lab.  You can find the housing series at theday.com/housinglab You can support this podcast and the Housing Solutions Lab by making a tax-deductible donation at givebutter.com/thedayhousing.  We want to thank our community donors and our supporting partners: The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut, The William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund, the Melville Charitable Trust and the Chelsea Groton Foundation

In Short Supply: House of cards

In this episode of the In Short Supply podcast, we hear from The Day staff writer Elizabeth Reagan about how our region is faring when it comes to the housing crisis and why there seems to be a short supply of affordable homes, housing developments, and options for some members of our communities. How does this all deepen the existing economic divide in our state and country? And how do we address, what Cathy Zall the executive director of New London Homeless Hospitality calls the mismatch between income and the cost of living? In Short Supply is a podcast series examining how the housing crisis, which is affecting the country as a whole and is getting worse with the growth in inflation, impacts the communities of southeastern Connecticut. It is part of The Day's yearlong investigative initiative called the Housing Solutions Lab.  You can find the housing series at theday.com/housinglab You can support this podcast and the Housing Solutions Lab by making a tax-deductible donation at givebutter.com/thedayhousing.  We want to thank our community donors and our supporting partners: The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut, The William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund, the Melville Charitable Trust and the Chelsea Groton Foundation

In Short Supply: With evictions, it’s a race against time

Presenting In Short Supply, a podcast by The Day about how the housing crisis is deepening the economic divide. Connecticut evictions in 2022 surpassed pre-pandemic numbers. There were more than 22,000 evictions statewide last year, according to data collected by The Connecticut Fair Housing Center. That yearly number exceeds evictions reported in at least the previous five years.  The Day has published a series of stories on this growing issue. Day reporter Greg Smith in partnership with University of Connecticut professor Mike Stanton and students in his advanced investigative reporting class analyzed the eviction data and told the stories of desperate tenants and frustrated landlords.

What happened to the Sea Surveyor?

On Sunday, January 5, 1969, the 118-foot ship Sea Surveyor departed from Electric Boat in Groton. The mission was routine: to rendezvous with a submarine, conduct some antenna communication tests, and return home. When the 12 crew and passengers eventually returned they had left their ship at the bottom of the Atlantic. What went wrong?

’We’re back where we were’ prior to Roe v. Wade

Retired Dr. David Bingham, who opened the region's first clinic providing contraceptives and abortions, took us back to the days when women desperate to terminate their pregnancies maimed or killed themselves with coat hangers, knitting needles, and chemicals. He talked of hospital "septic tank wards" for women suffering from the effects of botched abortions.