CT Officials, Municipal Leaders Talk Affordable Housing Law, Possible Fixes

CT Officials, Municipal Leaders Talk Affordable Housing Law, Possible Fixes

If municipalities do not meet that threshold, then developers are empowered to develop affordable housing “by right,” meaning they can bypass municipal planning and zoning regulations.

CT lawmakers seek a public conversation on affordable housing

House Majority Leader Jason Rojas (D-East Hartford)(Molly Ingram / WSHU)Members of a Connecticut legislative panel tackling the state’s affordable housing crisis are considering whether to continue to require that cities and towns have 10% of their housing stock be affordable.Some towns want a moratorium on Connecticut’s 8-30g law, enacted in 1989, that allows developers to challenge zoning regulations in towns where less than 10% of the housing…