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Local housing body flags possible impacts from new state bill HB8002
Summary
Meeting participants raised concerns about HB8002 and its likely effects on New Canaan zoning and housing oversight, including reduced local parking requirements for small developments and potential new obligations for fair-rent commissions; officials said immediate changes are unlikely but planning is needed.
The presiding officer at a New Canaan tenant-management meeting warned that recently enacted HB8002 could reduce local control over certain housing and planning rules and impose new obligations on municipalities.
"It is an embarrassment how it was created and put together in total darkness and then dumped on the public with less than 24 hours before a vote," the presiding speaker said while summarizing the bill’s expected local impacts. The speaker…
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