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Ridgefield Affordable Housing Committee releases draft affordable housing plan

The Ridgefield Affordable Housing Committee has released a draft affordable housing plan for the town.  The proposal must be approved by the Board of Selectmen by a June deadline so it can be sent to the state in order to comply with a mandate. 

The draft suggests the Planning and Zoning Commission review regulations to better encourage multifamily housing and adaptive reuse of existing structures, such as mills, and turning them into housing.  The draft also pushed for affordable housing at Prospect Ridge, expanding the Housing Authority's Ballard Green, and restarting a transit-oriented development in Branchville of 15 to 20 deed-restricted units over the next five years.  That project stalled over a lack of sewer capacity. 

Ridgefield needs another 60 to 70 units of affordable housing to qualify for a moratorium from the state's 8-30(g) statute, which allows developers to bypass most local zoning regulations if a percentage of units are designated as affordable.  The committee found that 42 percent of renters and 28 percent of homeowners in Ridgefield are burdened by housing costs.

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