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Committee raises concept to increase school construction reimbursement for municipalities meeting affordable-housing thresholds
Summary
The committee agreed to hear a concept tying higher reimbursement percentages for school construction grants to municipalities that meet certain affordable housing thresholds; several members warned the proposal could penalize communities that lack infrastructure or realistic capacity to meet the target.
The Housing Committee raised a concept to increase the reimbursement percentage for school building project grants for municipalities that meet specified affordable housing thresholds.
Representative Scott summarized the proposal as a “carrot” that would boost funding for towns that meet the likely 10% threshold under Conn. Gen. Stat. §8-30g. He said it would “allow municipalities who have met the threshold…to get some increased funding” for school construction.
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