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Committee backs $3 million state subsidy application for Star–Winchester homeownership project
Summary
The Community Development Committee voted to move forward a resolution authorizing the city to apply for up to $3 million from the Connecticut Department of Housing to support a 15-unit Star–Winchester homeownership development; committee members voiced broad support.
The New Haven Board of Alders Community Development Committee voted to move forward a resolution authorizing the city to apply for and accept a developer subsidy of up to $3,000,000 from the Connecticut Department of Housing for the Star–Winchester Homeownership Project.
The request matters because the grant would be one element of an estimated $7.6 million development to create 15 homeownership units on a block of lots along Star Street and Winchester Avenue in New Haven. Committee members said the project aims to restore homeownership in the neighborhood and includes a mix of duplexes and single-family units, with income-targeted pricing.
Kathy Schroeder, deputy director of administrative services for economic development, told the committee the proposal bundles several vacant lots—136 Star Street; 139 Star Street; 632 Winchester Avenue; 205½ Star Street; 209 Star Street; 213 Star Street; 215 Star Street; 222…
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