General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6139
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 1666
*01666*
Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
REP. MCCARTHY VAHEY, 133rd Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6139
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 1666
*01666*
Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
REP. MCCARTHY VAHEY, 133rd Dist.
AN ACT REVISING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING LAND USE APPEALS PROCEDURE.
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 provide that: (1) Elderly units restricted to persons and families whose income is less than or equal to eighty per cent of the median income shall be awarded one housing unit-equivalent point; (2) affordable housing units constructed prior to July 1, 1990, shall be counted for purposes of meeting the required number of housing unit-equivalent points to qualify for the temporary moratorium; (3) deed-restricted affordable housing units in set-aside developments shall remain deed-restricted in perpetuity; (4) set-aside developments shall be prohibited in all flood zones; and (5) municipalities that (A) have adopted an affordable housing plan, and (B) have demonstrated a commitment to increasing affordable housing stock by establishing incentive housing zones pursuant to chapter 124b of the general statutes shall be eligible for the temporary moratorium.
Statement of Purpose:
To make the affordable housing land use appeals process more equitable.