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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6287
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 1790
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
REP. ROJAS, 9th Dist.
AN ACT ADOPTING FAIR SHARE PLANNING AND ZONING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to establish a fair share zoning 1
system for the state to (1) assess state and regional affordable housing 2
needs, (2) allocate those needs on a regional basis, (3) set affordable 3
housing planning and zoning goals for each town based on its capacity 4
for such housing and its current role in providing such housing 5
consistent with state and federal law, (4) articulate a process to create 6
and obtain approval for municipal fair share plans, (5) develop a 7
schedule to implement such policies, (6) designate a process to enforce 8
such policies, and (7) provide for state support to meet affordable 9
housing needs beyond those met through the fair share process. 10
Statement of Purpose:
To adopt several policies regarding state and municipal planning to
address regional affordable housing needs.