HVCEO REGIONAL PLAN - 7. MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING

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--- 4. WASTEWATER --- 5. TRANSPORTATION --- 6. GLOBAL WARMING --- 7. HOUSING ---
--- 8. ECONOMY --- 9. OPEN SPACE --- 10. MIX LAND USE --- 11. TOD --- 12. PEDESTRIAN ---

Single family affordable housing development on
Tannery Brook Road in Litchfield, CT at 6.4 units per acre

7-1. OVERVIEW
The report of the 2006 Danbury Task Force on Homelessness recommended that HVCEO undertake a regional housing assessment study. The Danbury report saw the lack of affordable housing as a regional problem, where the needed policy direction could best be set by HVCEO as Danbury's regional planning agency.

HVCEO agreed has engaged HMA, Inc of Hamden, CT to prepare the assessment, to be formatted as a chapter in the HVCEO regional plan.

7-2. DATA BASE FOR AREA HOUSING
This text is a summary of a detailed data analysis available in a separate pdf file (HMA Tasks A and B).

7-3. POLICY COMPONENTS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
This section is a summary of a more detailed policy analysis available in a separate pdf file.(HMA Task C)

7-4. MODIFICATIONS TO 8-30G ZONING OVERRIDE
This text below is a summary of a more detailed discussion available in a separate pdf file.(HMA Task D)

7-5. HOUSING NEEDS QUANTIFIED
This section is a summary of the detailed methodology and quantification available in a separate pdf file.(HMA Task E)

7-6. AFFORDABLE HOUSING MODELS
The text below is a summary of a separate pdf file.(HMA Task F)

7-7. AFFORDABLE HOUSING RECOMMENDATIONS
GOAL: Expansion of housing opportunities and design choices to accommodate the region's varied of household types and needs.

(HMA Tasks G and HVCEO staff)

1. Municipal planning should strive to balance economic growth with appropriate housing choices for the work force that is part of the local economic base in the municipality.

2. Both housing opportunities and design choices should be expanded in each municipality to accommodate a variety of household types and needs, especially newly forming households and senior citizens.

3. Connecticut’s affordable housing land use appeals statute, Chapter 126a, Section 8-30g forcefully overrides local zoning. Yet this law has turned out to be a sprawl inducer, and thus has a significant negative impact upon municipalities. HVCEO will continue to lobby for specific changes to this law.