Town Gets ‘Moratorium’ Easing Some State Approval Rules for Affordable Housing

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The Connecticut Department of Housing has determined that Darien meets the legal requirements for a moratorium from state rules that would allow developers to get approval for low-income housing projects from a judge rather than town land use boards. First Selectman Jayme Stevenson announced the state’s approval of the moratorium for Darien in a news release which the Darien Times published an article about on Wednesday but that Stevenson didn’t email to Darienite.com until 2:49 p.m. on Thursday. (Darienite.com has requested that Stevenson release news releases to all news organizations at the same time.)

Here’s the news release:

On Sept. 30, 2016, the Town of Darien officially heard back from the State Department of Housing regarding its application for a second moratorium as specifically allowed under Section 8-30g of the Connecticut General Statutes. In order to qualify, the Town needed to establish 141 “housing unit equivalent points”.

Oct. 5, 2015

To the Editor,

I read with interest the letter in the Darienite recently from Spencer McIlMurray, a candidate for the Board of Selectmen. He has joined a number of us, in recognizing that the affordable housing statute 8-30g is discriminatory toward seniors. By naming those in Hartford who have proposed legislation to address this, and stating that I should join them and “engage vigorously,” Mr. McIlmurray demonstrates a lack of understanding of my deep involvement in this issue – something that I feel compelled to correct. In the last two legislative sessions 2014 and 2015 I have co-introduced bills, along with State Representative Jonathon Steinberg (D – Westport), that would amend the 8-30g affordable housing point system: awarding a full point instead of a half point, for senior affordable housing units.

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To the editor:

Section 8-30g of the Connecticut General Statutes mandates that 10 percent of the housing stock in each municipality is qualified as affordable housing. Given this, one would think that determining what is needed to reach attainment would be a simple mathematical calculation, right?