CT Public Act 21-29 standardizes requirements for ADUs. It encourages increased overall supply. P&Z chair Margarita Alban said Greenwich wants to increase affordable housing.
Brooks Harris said that the state language would turn all single family homes outside R6 into two-family dwellings. Continue Reading →
Nick Abbott
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P&Z Watch: Church-Sherwood 8-30g Attorneys Say “Not Unreasonable Destruction” of Historic Assets
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“To hear people say they’re building this building in the spirit of how the neighborhood originally started, to me is a bunch of bunk because the building looks like a fortress.” – Dean Gamanos, resident of the Fourth Ward Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Real Estate, 8-30g, affordable housing, Bob Barolak, Chip Haslun, Church Sherwood LLC, Church Street
Legal Action Initiated over 8-30g at Brookridge; Milbrook Worried over Downstream Impacts
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The property is beyond the town sewers. There is no certainty they will be able to connect to the municipal sanitary sewer line. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, 5 Brookridge, 8-30g, Amy Siebert, Ann Knox, Arnold Welles, Ashley Cole, Bruce Cohen
NICK ABBOTT: Responding to Baseless Falsehoods and Smears About DesegregateCT
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“Opponents of our work know they are wrong on the facts, so in recent weeks they have resorted to spreading ad hominem attacks and conspiracy theories about our motives and the alleged ‘corporate interests’ behind the group.” – Nick Abbott, Greenwich native and the Deputy Director of DesegregateCT Continue Reading →
Filed under: Letter to the Editor, Dan Quigley, DeSegregate CT, Nick Abbott
Opposing Views on 8-30g Clash at Lengthy Housing Committee Hearing
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SB-169 calls for a re-examination of the state’s affordable housing law 8-30g, which many see as deficient. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, 8-30g, Alma Rutgers, Anika Singh Lemar, Nick Abbott, Tara Restieri
Final Site Plan for Controversial Church & Sherwood 8-30g Submitted to P&Z
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Overall, about 5,600 new units would need to be created under 8-30g before Greenwich is in compliance. Continue Reading →