The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) is looking for qualified individuals or entities to conduct a data-driven housing assessment of the current and future housing needs throughout the State of Connecticut (the "State") that can be replicable by CHFA. Topic areas include but are not limited to the assessment of existing housing conditions, demographic, market demands (present and future), public access to infrastructure and transportation, job growth, and identification of critical market gaps and issues. The assessment should (1) analyze the gap between statewide housing inventory and the State's current housing needs and projected housing for both rental and ownership over the next year, five years, ten years and fifteen years; and (2) identify how housing needs vary by relevant demographic characteristics, including but not limited to, income, age, familial status, disability status, and race.

In determining current and projected housing needs for the gap analysis described above, prioritization should be given to access to "affordable housing," as defined in Connecticut General Statute section 8-39a, as housing for which persons and families pay thirty per cent or less of their annual income, where such income is less than or equal to the area median income for the municipality in which such housing is located, as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.