Bring the Golden Girls Bill Back for a Floor Vote

Connecticut has a serious housing affordability crisis, and this bill was a free, low-friction fix that had already cleared the Senate with rare bipartisan backing.

A letter to your state legislators. Facts checked June 16, 2026.

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Subject Our neighbors need this housing vote — please act

Connecticut families are struggling to stay in their homes. Seniors on fixed incomes are sitting on extra bedrooms they can't legally rent out. Young people and workers can't find anything affordable to live in. The Golden Girls bill would have let homeowners rent individual rooms to long-term tenants — a common-sense solution that doesn't cost taxpayers a dime and doesn't require building a single new structure. It passed the state Senate with bipartisan support. And then the House Speaker let it die without a floor vote.

That's not how the process is supposed to work. A majority of legislators — from both parties — were ready to act on something that would help real people in our district right now. Seniors could stay in their homes longer. Renters could find a place they can actually afford. Towns wouldn't have to change a thing except allow neighbors to help neighbors. Instead, one person's decision to sit on the bill left all of that on the table.

I'm asking you to push leadership to schedule a floor vote on the Golden Girls bill — and to go on record supporting it. This is exactly the kind of housing solution that works for everyone, and our neighbors shouldn't have to wait another year because of a procedural stall.

Please don't let this die quietly. Bring it back.

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I'm a constituent calling about the Golden Girls bill — the one that would let homeowners rent rooms to long-term tenants. It passed the Senate with bipartisan support, and I was really disappointed it never got a House floor vote.
This bill doesn't cost taxpayers anything. It just gets out of the way and lets neighbors help neighbors find affordable housing. That feels like exactly what we need right now.
A lot of seniors in our district have extra rooms and fixed incomes. This bill would've helped them stay in their homes. Blocking it from a vote doesn't make sense to me.
I'd like to know where my representative stands on this, and whether they'll push leadership to bring it back next session. This matters to me, and I vote.

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