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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 1124
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 2621
Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
SEN. RAHMAN, 4th Dist.
(By Request)
AN ACT CONCERNING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE ISSUANCE OF
HOUSING UNIT-EQUIVALENT POINTS AND THE CALCULATION OF
THE TEN PER CENT THRESHOLD FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
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 (1) require 1
that all affordable housing be affordable in perpetuity, (2) give priority 2
funding to municipalities that partner with housing authorities and 3
nonprofit organizations to build affordable housing that will remain 4
affordable in perpetuity, (3) require that housing unit-equivalent points 5
be issued at the time an affordable housing application is approved, and 6
(4) include in the calculation of the ten per cent threshold for exemption 7
from the affordable housing appeals procedure any properties that are 8
not deed restricted but are able to be purchased by individuals or 9
families paying thirty per cent or less of their income, where such 10
income is less than or equal to eighty per cent of the median income. 11 Proposed Bill No. 1124
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Statement of Purpose:
To require that all affordable housing be affordable in perpetuity, give
priority funding to certain municipalities, require that housing unit-
equivalent points be issued once an application is approved and include
dwelling units purchased by persons that meet certain income
requirements in the calculation of the threshold for the affordable
housing appeals procedure.