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Older white men disproportionately in control of Connecticut’s land use, report finds
Nearly 60% of Fairfield County is white, but white individuals make up over 90% of land-use board members there. In New ...
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Local land-use boards in CT don't reflect the communities they serve, report finds
A new study by the Housing Collective found that zoning and land-use boards in New London and Fairfield counties are not ...
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Opinion: CT's 'local control' approach needs serious reform
Connecticut’s ‘local control’ needs serious reform by Dice Oh | Opinion Contributor September 19, 2022 @ 7:30 am Updated September 21, 2022 @ 3:52 pm Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new ...
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Report: Local Land-Use Boards In Fairfield, New London Counties Don’t Reflect Communities’ Demographics
Apartments in Stamford, Conn. A new report from the Centers for Housing Opportunity (CHO) released on Tuesday indicates that the boards that determine ...
Texas Delivers On Housing Reforms, Connecticut Stumbles
Texas just passed several laws that will make it easier to build housing in the Lonestar state. In Connecticut, a similar ...
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Local zoning control is CT’s best tool for addressing climate change
If the bills proposed over the past few years had all passed, then Connecticut’s 169 towns and cities would now be largely unable to make land-use decisions. As a long-time land-use advocate and ...