Connecticut HB 5502: AN ACT CONCERNING HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON CERTAIN LOTS ZONED FOR INDUSTRIAL USE OR PREVIOUSLY ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5502
February Session, 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON CERTAIN
LOTS ZONED FOR INDUSTRIAL USE OR PREVIOUSLY ZONED FOR
RESIDENTIAL USE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 8-2s of the 2026 supplement to the general statutes, 1
as amended by section 16 of public act 25-1 of the November special 2
session, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 3
(Effective July 1, 2026): 4
(a) On and after [July 1, 2026] January 1, 2027, any zoning regulations 5
adopted or amended pursuant to section 8-2 [(1)] or any special act shall 6
allow for the development of a transit community middle housing 7
development, as defined in section 8-13hh, or a mixed-use development, 8
on any lot that (1) is zoned for commercial or mixed-use development; 9
[, subject only to summary review, as defined in section 8-2r, and] (2) is 10
zoned for industrial use, provided such lot is not greater than one 11
thousand feet from (A) a transit station, as defined in section 8-169hh, 12
or (B) a highway, as defined in section 13a-123c; or (3) was previously 13
zoned for residential use at any time, subject only to summary review, 14
as defined in section 8-2r. 15
(b) On and after July 1, 2026, any zoning regulations adopted or 16
amended pursuant to section 8-2 or any special act may allow for the 17
development of a transit community middle housing development on 18
any lot that allows for residential use, subject only to such summary 19
review. 20

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[(b)] (c) Any municipality that adopts zoning regulations that allow 21
for the development of a transit community middle housing 22
development [as described in subdivision (2) of] pursuant to subsection 23
[(a)] (b) of this section shall be awarded one-quarter housing unit-24
equivalent point pursuant to subdivision (6) of subsection (l) of section 25
8-30g, as amended by this act, for each unit of such middle housing for 26
which a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the municipality. 27
[(c)] (d) No municipality that has (1) adopted zoning regulations that 28
allow for the development of a transit community middle housing 29
development [as described in subdivision (2) of] pursuant to subsection 30
[(a)] (b) of this section, (2) been awarded housing unit-equivalent points 31
pursuant to subsection [(b)] (c) of this section, and (3) qualified for a 32
moratorium from the affordable housing appeals procedure under 33
subsection (l) of section 8-30g, as amended by this act, based in part on 34
housing unit-equivalent points awarded pursuant to subsection [(b)] (c) 35
of this section shall repeal or substantially modify such zoning 36
regulations concerning such development of such middle housing 37
during the period of such moratorium. 38
Sec. 2. Subdivision (6) of subsection (l) of section 8-30g of the 2026 39
supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is 40
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2026): 41
(6) For the purposes of this subsection, housing unit-equivalent 42
points shall be determined by the commissioner as follows: (A) No 43
points shall be awarded for a unit unless its occupancy is restricted to 44
persons and families whose income is equal to or less than eighty per 45
cent of the median income, except that (i) unrestricted units in a set-46
aside development shall be awarded one-quarter point each, and (ii) 47
dwelling units in transit community middle housing developments 48
developed pursuant to [subdivision (2) of] subsection [(a)] (b) of section 49
8-2s, as amended by this act, shall be awarded one-quarter point each; 50
(B) family units restricted to persons and families whose income is equal 51
to or less than eighty per cent of the median income shall be awarded 52
one point if an ownership unit and one and one-half points if a rental 53

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unit; (C) family units restricted to persons and families whose income is 54
equal to or less than sixty per cent of the median income shall be 55
awarded one and one-half points if an ownership unit and two points if 56
a rental unit; (D) family units restricted to persons and families whose 57
income is equal to or less than forty per cent of the median income shall 58
be awarded two points if an ownership unit and two and one-half points 59
if a rental unit; (E) elderly units restricted to persons and families whose 60
income is equal to or less than eighty per cent of the median income shall 61
be awarded one-half point; (F) a set-aside development containing 62
family units which are rental units shall be awarded additional points 63
equal to twenty-two per cent of the total points awarded to such 64
development, provided the application for such development was filed 65
with the commission prior to July 6, 1995; (G) a mobile manufactured 66
home in a resident-owned mobi