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Federal lawsuit bends CT affordable housing debate

Federal lawsuit bends CT affordable housing debate Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, CTMirror.org FacebookTwitterEmail Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH) delivers remarks after being introduced as U.S. President-elect Joe Biden s nominee to head the Department of Housing and Urban Affairs at the Queen Theater on December 11, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/TNS)Chip Somodevilla / TNS When President Joe Biden took office, his administration inherited an unresolved complaint and lawsuit that civil rights attorneys filed last fall, charging that Connecticut’s housing laws which leave most decisions to local officials are harmful to Black and Latino residents. Now, while U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of Justice determine if the state is violating federal fair housing laws by limiting where Section 8 housing vouchers can be used and where affordable housing can be developed state lawmakers for the fourth consecutive year are consi

As Biden addresses housing discrimination, HUD scrutinizes CT s laws

Accessory dwelling units new regs would increase traffic

Accessory dwelling units new regs would increase traffic Feb. 16, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Below is an open letter to the Planning and Zoning Commission. There are too many unanswered questions about your proposal to expand allowable accessory dwelling units to 1,200-square-feet and two bedrooms. We should accommodate families with elderly parents, disabled children or household help, but allowing all single-family homeowners to add accessory dwelling units with two bedrooms is too broad. We are expected to add deed-restricted “affordable housing” units and both proposals together would overburden on our town infrastructure for sewer capacity, traffic patterns and schools. Please limit the ADU’s to family members or household help and have a maximum number of people per square foot or per bathroom, for example. As described by Mr. [Richard] Baldelli, [zoning enforcement officer] on Tuesday, your proposal could include housing for five, six or seven people, within the to

Up in the air: What s next for Greenwich Plaza?

Up in the air: What s next for Greenwich Plaza? FacebookTwitterEmail A group of kids excitedly watch as a train passes through the Metro-North station in Greenwich, Conn. on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. New Haven Line ridership is down 80 percent during the COVID crisis.File / Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut Media GREENWICH It was unveiled to great fanfare in the summer of 2019, a major redevelopment plan that would provide a “Gateway to Greenwich.” The Ashforth Co., owner of the downtown Greenwich Plaza, proposed a renovation and revitalization project that would include a new train station on each side of the tracks, a new transportation center, new commuter drop-off and pickup areas, new retail areas, including a luxury movie theater, and a public park in the landmark location in the central business district.

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