Connecticut 2015 Regular Session

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Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/06/2015

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5055
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 328
 *00328*
Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
REP. FRANCE, 42nd Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5055 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 328

*00328*

Referred to Committee on HOUSING 

Introduced by:

REP. FRANCE, 42nd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE CALCULATION OF THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN MUNICIPALITIES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 8-30g of the general statutes be amended to include low-cost housing units as affordable housing for purposes of calculating the threshold number of affordable housing units required for a municipality to qualify for exemption from the affordable housing land use appeals procedure, provided such low-cost housing does not account for less than fifteen per cent of the housing in such municipality.

Statement of Purpose: 

To include low-cost housing units as affordable housing.