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Housing Committee advances multiple bills to the floor and authorizes drafting of committee bills
Summary
At its Feb. 20 meeting, the Housing Committee added multiple bills to a consent calendar and voted to draft a set of committee bills addressing homelessness, affordable housing definitions, property removal, and aquifer protections. Most items were advanced with little discussion; several draft bills drew questions about scope or funding.
The Connecticut General Assembly Housing Committee on Feb. 20 approved a consent calendar of bills to be sent to the floor for further consideration and voted to draft several committee bills. The consent calendar included bills to reduce sales tax on certain new-construction materials (Senate Bill 1262), require posting of Fair Rent Commission bylaws (Senate Bill 1266), appropriate funds to assist homeless persons (House Bill 6893), establish an interagency council on homelessness (House Bill 6894), eliminate certain Healthy Homes Fund funding provisions (Senate Bill 1306), require annual reports from housing authorities (House Bill 6946), create a working…
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