Jason Doucette

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with family, friends and good food. It is such a special time to be here in our community!

The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) has officially launched the Supplemental Collapsing Foundation Loan Program. This new loan program will provide help to homeowners with the associated costs of replacing their pyrrhotite-damaged foundations.

There’s nothing better than Connecticut in October! I attended lots of great events in Manchester and Glastonbury this past weekend, from “Barktober”, hosted by the great Manchester Dog Owners Group CT (MDOG) to “Empty Bowls” hosted by Foodshare and Manchester Community College, and of course the famous Glastonbury Apple Harvest & Music Festival where I had some fun volunteering on Saturday night.

The warm weather is still here, but the calendar tells us that summer is finally over - I hope you and your family had an enjoyable one. While the legislative session adjourned in June, our work is never really done – there is always more to do, monitoring and implementing prior legislation and working and preparing for next year’s session.

There's been a lot of attention lately to a few new laws going into effect on October 1.  Here's a few others I'd like to highlight that might have slipped under the radar but are just as important and bring some welcome and positive changes to Connecticut

Rep. Doucette and Tom Delnicki (R–South Windsor) recently submitted comments and concerns to the Commissioner of the state Department of Banking regarding the proposed merger between People’s United Bank and United Bank, a deal valued at approximately $759 million.

Summer is coming to a close and kids will soon be heading back to school. To help working families prepare – and save – Connecticut offers its annual Sales Tax Free Week.

Rep. Doucette has requested the Governor and Secretary of the Office and Policy and Management to place an item on the state Bond Commission agenda to allocate $4 million in state funding for the acquisition of approximately 560 acres of open space owned by the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC).