BFJ Planning, in association with its affiliate, Urbanomics, recently completed an affordable housing market inventory study on behalf of the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA). The study, part of the Authority’s 5-year Strategic Plan, was intended to determine the need for affordable housing in the state and to help guide the Authority’s future actions. The data-rich and highly illustrated study quantified the current inventory, supply and demand for both homeownership and rental housing, and the “gap” of unmet need for both types of affordable housing. Finally, the study identified the populations (elderly, families, individuals) who would most benefit from the CHFA’s programs on a state, county and town basis.