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Simsbury planners to refresh five-year affordable housing plan; staff to lead update and public hearing
Summary
Planning staff told the commission the town must refresh the affordable housing plan adopted in January 2021 because state law requires a five-year update; staff will begin data work in coming weeks, with public hearings and a target return to the commission in early winter and community work in September.
Planning staff told the Simsbury Planning Commission on June 19 that the town must refresh its affordable housing plan, first adopted in January 2021, because state statute requires municipalities to update the plan every five years.
"We are here. It is 5, it is we are at 5 years," a planning staff member said, noting the statutory five-year cycle and the need to update demographic and area median income data, as well as inclusionary and zoning changes adopted since 2021.
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