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“The legislation, if passed, we’d have to turn away more residents. It wouldn’t impact the people in $3 million houses, it would impact the residents I represent.” – Steve Meskers Continue Reading →
In Greenwich, where a .1 or .2 acre lot located downtown with a “tear down house” fetches well over $1 million, some argued the result of 1024 would be a proliferation of expensive condos or rental apartments. It might not create affordable units, but instead erode what little remains of downtown’s middle class housing stock. Continue Reading →
These proposed bills not only ignore the economic reality of home pricing in high opportunity towns, but their adoption will suffocate efforts in affluent communities to create actual affordable units via private sector development.” – Danielle Dobin, Westport P&Z chair Continue Reading →
Greenwich was just becoming aware of a slew of proposed legislation aimed at increasing affordable housing when a bill was proposed to prohibit towns from limiting access to beaches based on residency. Continue Reading →