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:
1 That the general statutes be amended to establish a fair share zoning
2 system for the state to (1) assess state and regional affordable housing
3 needs, (2) allocate those needs on a regional basis, (3) set affordable
4 housing planning and zoning goals for each town based on its capacity
5 for such housing and its current role in providing such housing
6 consistent with state and federal law, (4) articulate a process to create
7 and obtain approval for municipal fair share plans, (5) develop a
8 schedule to implement such policies, (6) designate a process to enforce
9 such policies, and (7) provide for state support to meet affordable
10 housing needs beyond those met through the fair share process.
Statement of Purpose:
To adopt several policies regarding state and municipal planning to
address regional affordable housing needs.
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