New Canaan will never achieve the state’s goal whereby 10% of all housing stock here qualifies as “affordable,” according to a draft planning document now before the town. In the last 20 years, New Canaan has added about 100 units of affordable housing while also adding 500 total units to its housing stock, putting its […]
A local woman who slipped and fell on New Canaan Housing Authority property earlier this year has filed a notice that she intends to sue the town. Roseline Duveillaume had been walking late on a Wednesday morning in January on a pathway behind a building at 33 Millport Ave. “when suddenly and without warning she […]
Planning & Zoning Commission’s have “a very limited ability” to deny applications for affordable housing developments, according to a memo from the town attorney’s office. Considerations such as standards set out in local zoning regulations building height, coverage and setbacks, for example density requirements, neighborhood character and parking, cannot be a reason for a P&Z Commission to […]
Thirty-one of the 102 units proposed for a multi-family residential development at Weed and Elm Streets are to be rented at “affordable” rates, according to an application filed this week with the town. Those restricted rates calculated using Fair Market Rents, currently about $1,033 for a one-bedroom unit and $1,264 for a two-bedroom, and made available to […]