By CHRIS POWELL Last week Governor Lamont and state legislators congratulated themselves for reaching a compromise on the housing legislation the governor vetoed in June over concerns that it would have weakened municipal zoning too much. The new legislation aims to get municipalities and state government working together to set housing goals, tinkers with zoningContinue reading “Report on state’s homeless mocks new housing legislation”
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Housing bill will do little when state could do so much more
By Chris Powell Opponents of the wide-ranging housing legislation recently passed by the Democratic majorities in the General Assembly have been loud enough to induce Governor Lamont to equivocate on the bill. Will he sign it, veto it, or try to negotiate its revision? Democrats aren’t against kings, they just want a new one IllegalContinue reading “Housing bill will do little when state could do so much more”
To regrow Connecticut’s cities, first understand their decline
By Chris Powell Back in the 1950s many Connecticut cities had populations about 50% larger than they are today. In his address to the General Assembly as it reconvened this month, Governor Lamont said he wants them to grow back to their old size. He’s right that the cities are where most of any populationContinue reading “To regrow Connecticut’s cities, first understand their decline”
Connecticut’s prosperity depends on more housing
By Chris Powell Will Governor Lamont and the new session of the General Assembly do much about the state’s severe shortage of housing? The governor and legislators say they want to bring down the state’s high cost of living and make the state more affordable, and housing expense may be the biggest part of theContinue reading “Connecticut’s prosperity depends on more housing”
Mansions don’t foil housing and taxing them won’t build it
By Chris Powell Apparently you don’t have to do much thinking to run a “think tank” in Washington, or at least not a liberal “think tank.” The Connecticut Mirror reports that two such “think tanks” — the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy — have produced a study concludingContinue reading “Mansions don’t foil housing and taxing them won’t build it”
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