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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 1332 1 of 2 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 551 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 1332 | |
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| 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on HOUSING | |
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| 12 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | SEN. FAZIO, 36th Dist. | |
| 15 | 15 | SEN. GORDON, 35th Dist. | |
| 16 | 16 | REP. ALLIE-BRENNAN, 2nd Dist. | |
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| 21 | 21 | AN ACT REVISING CERTAIN MUNICIPAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING | |
| 22 | 22 | REQUIREMENTS. | |
| 23 | 23 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 24 | 24 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 26 | 26 | That the general statutes be amended to: (1) Allow (A) all market 1 | |
| 27 | 27 | housing that meets the rent and income thresholds for affordability 2 | |
| 28 | 28 | under section 8-30g of the general statutes to count toward the 3 | |
| 29 | 29 | numerator of section 8-30g affordable housing counts, (B) rental rates to 4 | |
| 30 | 30 | be verified through an affidavit or copy of a lease, and (C) municipalities 5 | |
| 31 | 31 | to provide a tax abatement for such market affordable units; (2) allow 6 | |
| 32 | 32 | municipalities to choose whether any given set-aside development 7 | |
| 33 | 33 | under section 8-30g of the general statutes should be based on area or 8 | |
| 34 | 34 | state median income calculations; (3) establish a maximum height of 9 | |
| 35 | 35 | four stories for any building built under section 8-30g of the general 10 | |
| 36 | 36 | statutes, unless such maximum height is waived by a municipality; (4) 11 | |
| 37 | 37 | require the Department of Housing to study methods to streamline and 12 | |
| 38 | 38 | hasten review of building applications and building codes and 13 | |
| 39 | 39 | regulations; and (5) set the threshold for exemptions under section 8-30g 14 Proposed Bill No. 551 | |
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| 41 | 41 | ||
| 42 | 42 | LCO No. 1332 2 of 2 | |
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| 44 | 44 | of the general statutes to ten per cent of the lesser of the current number 15 | |
| 45 | 45 | of total units in a municipality or the number of units on January 1, 2025. 16 | |
| 46 | 46 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 47 | 47 | To revise certain municipal affordable housing requirements. |