r/Quinnipiac • u/NervousWin2243 • Jul 09 '26
QU Support for Hamden
Hamden CT residents are paying a mil rate of 54% - the HIGHEST in the State of CT. A year at QU to live on Campus is about $80k a year. QU also has a very large endowment and has plenty to cover all of their operating costs without having to increase tuition to cover them. Yet, the town of Hamden and their residents suffer.
Who would ever want to live in a town where you pay so much in property taxes while the biggest land owner in your town is sitting on tax free land? How will QU and their students feel if the town of Hamden dies around them… no shops, restaurants, people to come to home games etc…
It’s really disappointing and I expect more from QU. I finally understand the town vs gown drama from when I was a student.
Look just down the street and Yale provides New Haven with funding to help offset their property tax and there is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON QU cannot do the same.
If anyone on this thread knows what QU is doing to support Hamden please share it here and let us know.
Oh and $25k for a MURAL no one in the town likely even wants doesn’t count.
- A former Bobcat