Plan in a CT town is for a large ‘affordable, pet-friendly’ housing complex. It’s drawing opposition

Plan in a CT town is for a large ‘affordable, pet-friendly’ housing complex. It’s drawing opposition

The petitioners simply do not want 98 housing units on a 6.7-acre Connecticut parcel that was once home to a YMCA. They say the housing, which would be built in Hamden under the state’s affordable housing laws, would make a negative environmental impact, create public safety concerns, cause infrastructure strain, change the town’s character and engage in “legal loophole abuse.” Conversely, a project narrative by Juliano Associates, of Wallingfor…