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An attempt to undo racial inequity through affordable housing in mainly white Woodbridge likely to be dealt a serious blow


An attempt to spur racial equity through affordable housing in mainly white Woodbridge likely to be dealt a serious blow
Eliza Fawcett, Hartford Courant
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Woodbridge, Ct. - 04/29/2021 - An aerial view looking to the northeast of a white, 2 story house on the corner of Orchard Road and Newton Road in Woodbridge shows the site of the Yale Law affordable housing proposal to develop the home into a 4-unit affordable housing development. Photograph by Mark Mirko | [email protected]
An ambitious plan to begin undoing decades of racial inequity by ushering in a wave of affordable housing in Woodbridge is likely to be dealt a serious blow next month, when town zoning commissioners are set to vote on a sharply scaled-back version of the proposal. ....

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How one bike ride inspired a case that could upend CT's zoning laws


Yehyun Kim :: ctmirror.org
Mansions are lined up along Oenoke Ridge in New Canaan. The area is zoned for a 4-acre, single-family home.
On a sunny spring afternoon in 2016, Richard Freedman went on a bike ride through New Canaan.
The housing developer was fresh off a disappointment. He had applied to build housing for low-income people in Westport, but his plan had just been rejected.
As he rode through the hillsides that afternoon where mansions with gated entrances were separated from each other by four acres and stone walls Freedman wondered whether civil rights groups or developers would ever find a way to change zoning laws so that more than one housing unit could be built on these huge lots. The properties take up most of the town and largely shut out those who need affordable housing. ....

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Open-housing debate in Woodbridge: Define racism


Open-housing debate in Woodbridge: Define racism
Can a town’s laws be racist even if they do not explicitly state: “No Blacks Allowed?”
That question emerged at the latest public hearing over whether to change zoning, and boost affordable housing, in New Haven’s leafy neighbor to the west.
The question came towards the end of a three-hour hearing hosted last week by the Woodbridge Town Planning & Zoning Commission.
The two-pronged rezoning proposal submitted by civil rights attorneys and Yale Law School students has inspired New Haveners concerned about the regional roots of segregation and racism to weigh in (in this case, and in similar statewide efforts). ....

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