Topic:
HOUSING (GENERAL); HOUSING FINANCE; MUNICIPALITIES;
Location:
HOUSING - FINANCE;

OLR Research Report


December 6, 1999

  

99-R-1274

AFFORDABLE UNITS ADDED BETWEEN 1990 AND 1998

  
 

By: John Rappa, Principal Analyst

You wanted to know if the towns that were subject to the affordable housing land use appeals procedure in 1989 have added affordable units since then. You specifically wanted to know if the number of affordable units added in each town since 1990 equals 1% of its housing stock in 1998, the last year for which this data is available.

Table 1 shows the number of affordable units that were added since 1989 in each of the 142 towns that were initially subject to the act. These units include state and federally funded housing, single family homes financed with Connecticut Housing Finance Authority mortgages, and units subject to deeds restricting their sale or rental to low- and moderate-income people. The 1989 affordable unit tally did not include the latter.

As the table shows, seven towns became exempted from the act after the number of affordable units exceeded 10% of their respective housing stocks. In 52 towns (37%), the number of affordable units that were added during the period equals or exceeds 1% of their respective 1998 housing stocks. The number was less than 1% in 57 towns, while 26 towns experienced a net loss of affordable units.

Towns can obtain a one-year exemption from the act by creating enough affordable units to equal 1% of their housing stock. They must do this under the Connecticut Housing Partnership or the Regional Fair Housing Compact Pilot programs, and continue to participate in these programs after completing the units. The economic and community development commissioner must certify this and publish a notice to that effect in the Connecticut Law Journal (CGS 8-30g (g)).

Table 1: Affordable Units Added Since 1990 by Towns Subject to the Act in 1990

Towns Subject to Act in 1989

Total Units in 1998

Affordable Units Added Since 1990

% of Total 1998 Units

Comment

Andover

1,128

-28

Not Applicable

  

Ashford

1,738

57

3.2

  

Avon

6,300

62

1.0

  

Barkhamsted

1,447

-10

Not Applicable

  

Beacon Falls

2,157

11

0.5

  

Berlin

6,841

9

0.1

  

Bethany

1,766

-2

Not Applicable

  

Bethel

6,696

82

1.2

  

Bethlehem

1,364

-25

Not Applicable

  

Bolton

1,843

-2

Not Applicable

  

Bozrah

940

2

0.2

  

Branford

13,595

106

0.8

  

Bridgewater

800

0

0.0

  

Brookfield

5,791

34

0.6

  

Burlington

2,832

10

0.4

  

Canaan

608

9

1.5

  

Canterbury

1,712

48

2.8

  

Canton

3,509

6

0.2

  

Chaplin

858

14

1.6

  

Cheshire

9,430

11

0.1

  

Chester

1,525

25

1.6

  

Clinton

5,690

14

0.2

  

Colechester

5,210

393

7.5

Subsequently exempted from act

Colebrook

666

-8

Not Applicable

  

Columbia

1,951

-11

Not Applicable

  

Cornwall

880

18

2.0

  

Coventry

4,417

13

0.3

  

Cromwell

5,345

28

0.5

  

Danbury

27,316

560

2.1

Subsequently exempted from act

Darien

6,831

3

0.04

  

Deep River

1,918

43

2.2

  

Derby

5,425

71

1.3

  

Durham

2,238

13

0.6

  

East Granby

1,874

3

0.2

  

East Haddam

3,764

-6

Not Applicable

  

East Hampton

4,534

-21

Not Applicable

  

East Haven

11,339

131

1.2

  

East Lyme

7,484

132

1.2

  

Eastford

678

9

1.3

  

Easton

2,430

0

0.0

  

Ellington

5,020

-38

Not Applicable

  

Essex

2,923

-8

Not Applicable

  

Fairfield

20,994

119

0.6

  

Farmington

9,545

207

2.8

  

Franklin

691

-1

Not Applicable

  

Glastonbury

12,270

245

2.0

  

Goshen

1,394

-5

Not Applicable

  

Granby

3,846

34

0.9

  

Greenwich

24,126

279

1.2

  

Griswold

4,553

21

0.5

  

Groton

17,097

2,366

13.8

Subsequently exempted from act

Guilford

8,496

26

0.3

  

Haddam

2,806

-2

Not Applicable

  

Hamden

23,110

240

1.0

  

Hampton

668

7

1.0

  

Hartland

769

0

0.0

  

Harwinton

2,011

0

0.0

  

Hebron

2,946

17

0.6

  

Kent

1,526

15

1.0

  

Killingly

6,855

555

0.8

Subsequently exempted from act

Killingworth

2,258

-2

Not Applicable

  

Lebanon

2,694

42

1.6

  

Ledyard

5,529

-27

Not Applicable

  

Lisbon

1,543

10

0.6

  

Litchfield

3,702

88

2.3

  

Lyme

1,087

0

0.0

  

Madison

7,279

50

0.7

  

Mansfield

5,524

92

1.7

  

Marlborough

2,101

28

1.3

  

Middlebury

2,506

154

6.1

  

Middlefield

1,692

8

0.5

  

Milford

21,525

260

1.2

  

Monroe

6,366

12

0.2

  

Montville

6,753

-3

Not Applicable

  

Morris

1,155

19

1.6

  

New Canaan

7,195

-93

Not Applicable

  

New Fairfield

5,444

21

0.4

  

New Hartford

2,527

0

0.0

  

New Milford

10,287

78

0.8

  

Newington

12,080

318

2.6

  

Newtown

8.618

34

0.4

  

Norfolk

924

-4

Not Applicable

  

North Branford

5,064

14

0.3

  

North Canaan

1,496

35

2.3

  

North Haven

8,735

39

0.4

  

North Stonington

2,024

-8

Not Applicable

  

Norwalk

32,929

1,287

3.9

Subsequently exempted from act

Old Lyme

4,683

34

0.7

  

Old Saybrook

5,305

27

0.5

  

Orange

4,726

97

2.0

  

Oxford

3,356

37

1.1

  

Plainville

7,684

204

2.7

Subsequently exempted from act

Plymouth

4,784

60

1.3

  

Pomfret

1,463

45

3.1

  

Portland

3,476

51

1.5

  

Preston

1,833

0

0.0

  

Prospect

2,925

3

0.1

  

Redding

3,154

1

0.03

  

Ridgefield

8,759

86

1.0

  

Rocky Hill

7,750

41

0.5

  

Roxbury

1,000

4

0.4

  

Salem

1,414

-7

Not Applicable

  

Salisbury

2,552

17

0.7

  

Scotland

544

15

2.8

  

Seymour

6,234

38

0.6

  

Sharon

1,661

21

1.3

  

Shelton

14,286

191

1.3

  

Sherman

1,589

-1

Not Applicable

  

Simsbury

8,688

164

1.9

  

Somers

2,963

-2

Not Applicable

  

South Windsor

8,884

-20

Not Applicable

  

Southbury

7,443

36

0.5

  

Southington

15,404

97

0.6

  

Sprague

1,151

2

0.2

  

Stafford

4,570

48

1.0

  

Sterling

1,038

44

4.2

  

Stonington

8,456

87

1.0

  

Stratford

20,490

223

1.1

  

Suffield

4,820

10

0.2

  

Thomaston

2,942

-11

Not Applicable

  

Thompson

3,814

147

3.9

  

Tolland

4,431

28

0.6

  

Trumbull

12,000

51

0.4

  

Union

320

2

0.6

  

Voluntown

998

5

0.5

  

Wallingford

17,148

250

1.5

  

Warren

650

1

0.2

  

Washington

1,983

20

1.0

  

Waterford

7,978

36

0.5

  

Watertown

8,107

96

1.2

  

West Hartford

25,268

870

3.4

  

West Haven

22,834

201

0.9

Subsequently exempted from act

Westbrook

3,434

63

1.8

  

Weston

3,448

1

0.03

  

Westport

9,964

60

0.6

  

Wethersfield

11,209

185

1.7

  

Willington

2,426

-15

Not Applicable

  

Wilton

6,254

57

0.9

  

Windsor

10,732

145

1.4

  

Windsor Locks

5,028

66

1.3

  

Wolcott

5,535

127

2.3

  

Woodbridge

3,135

18

0.6

  

Woodbury

3,794

35

0.9

  

Woodstock

2,881

26

0.9

  

JR:tjo