Suburban Republicans on last week continued their opposition to housing legislation, but were out-voted by majority Democrats in a key legislative committee. The GOP members of the legislative Planning and Development Committee first rejected Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposed incentives to support affordable housing units Friday, then voted against the panel’s legislation aimed at rewarding towns and cities that support transit-oriented development. But with a 13-8 Democratic majority on the panel, the bills head next to the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively. Opposition to the bills, during a three-hour-long meeting that ended the committee’s bill-writing for the session, was led by Sen. Ryan Fazio of Greenwich and Rep. Joe Zullo of East Haven, the top Republicans on the panel, along with Sen. Tony Hwang of Fairfield. “We all agree that improving the stock of affordable housing in the state is an important goal,” Fazio said of Lamont’s proposal, aimed at increasing units for a state workforce where there are about 100,000 job openings. “At the same time I do have significant concerns about this proposal as well.” He said as written, the bill would be “too-onerous” on towns and create more work for over-burdened local zoning boards of appeals. Republicans also… Read full this story
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