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