Housing advocates are concerned that a bill, which has garnered bipartisan support from members of the Housing Committee, would allow towns to include existing units temporarily in their calculations of affordable housing instead of putting new affordable units on the market.
House Bill 6777 got approval from the Housing Committee at the beginning of March. It would offer property tax relief to senior citizens who volunteer to deed-restrict their homes as affordable.
The state is poised to agree to a $12 million settlement to “Baby Dylan,” a now 8-year-old boy who sustained near-fatal injuries after months of abuse and neglect as a 1-year-old foster child.
Industry representatives have pushed lawmakers to expand the program, and this week members of the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee indicated their intent to raise the concept.