Finding affordable housing is a huge challenge in Connecticut. Could part of this problem be how housing is built and designed?

Architects aren’t just thinking about how to design better, more efficient homes. They’re thinking about how to design homes with community and affordability in mind. Today, we hear how architects are working to build better homes and communities across the state.

Plus, an update from the Connecticut Tenants Union.

GUESTS:
Luke Melonakos: Vice President of the Connecticut Tenants Union
Andrei Harwell: Executive director of the Yale Urban Design Workshop, and I'm a senior critic at the Yale School of Architecture
Joan O’Riordan: Principal Architect at O'Riordan Migani Architects

Finding affordable housing is a huge challenge in Connecticut. Could part of this problem be how housing is built and designed?
Architects aren&rsquo;t just thinking about how to design better, more efficient homes. They&rsquo;re thinking about how to design homes with community and affordability in mind. Today, we hear how architects are working to build better homes and communities across the state.
Plus, an update from the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/news/2026-07-22/ct-tenants-union-standing-with-lamont-blasts-landlord-at-press-conference">Connecticut Tenants Union.</a>
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Luke Melonakos:&nbsp;Vice President of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cttenantsunion.org/">Connecticut Tenants Union</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.architecture.yale.edu/faculty/309-andrei-harwell">Andrei Harwell:</a>&nbsp;Executive director of the Yale Urban Design Workshop, and I'm a senior critic at the Yale School of Architecture</li>
<li><a href="https://omarchitects.com/about/">Joan O&rsquo;Riordan:</a>&nbsp;Principal Architect at O'Riordan Migani Architects</li>
</ul>

Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

Where We Live

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.