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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1308
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
(HSG)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A STARTER HOMES WORKING GROUP.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) For purposes of this section, 1
"starter homes" means affordable single family residential dwellings. 2
There is established a working group to study existing barriers to 3
building additional starter homes in the state. Such study shall include, 4
but need not be limited to, an examination of the barriers at both the 5
state and municipal level, including, but not limited to, zoning 6
restrictions, subdivision requirements, building and fire safety codes 7
and common interest community regulations. 8
(b) The working group shall consist of the chairpersons of the joint 9
standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 10
matters relating to housing, who shall serve as chairpersons of the 11
working group, and any individuals, including, but not limited to, the 12
Commissioner of Housing, or the commissioner's designee, and any 13
professionals with expertise in the areas of housing and state, regional 14
or local planning who such chairpersons believe may serve as sources 15
of information and data to accomplish the purposes of this section. 16
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(c) The chairpersons shall schedule the first meeting of the working 17
group, which shall be held not later than sixty days after the effective 18
date of this section. 19
(d) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 20
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing 21
shall serve as the administrative staff of the working group. 22
(e) Not later than January 1, 2026, the working group shall submit a 23
report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing 24
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 25
relating to housing, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a 26
of the general statutes. The working group shall terminate on the date 27
that it submits such report or January 1, 2026, whichever is later. 28
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a starter homes working group.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]