Connecticut HB 5369: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE ON AFFORDABLE AND MIDDLE HOUSING.

Bill Text

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General Assembly  
Raised Bill No. 5369  
February Session, 2026 
 
LCO No. 2276 
 
 
Referred to Committee on HOUSING  
 
 
Introduced by:  
(HSG)  
 
 
 
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE ON THE CALCULATION OF 
AFFORDABILITY IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING APPEALS 
PROCESS.  
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force 1 
to  (1)  evaluate  the  calculation  of  the  threshold  at  or  above  which  the 2 
affordable  housing  appeals  procedure  outlined  in  section  8-30g  of  the 3 
general statutes is not available, and (2) recommend alternatives to the 4 
current ten per cent threshold outlined in subsection (k) of said section. 5 
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 6 
(1)  Two  appointed  by  the  speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives, 7 
one of whom has expertise in municipal housing and zoning policy and 8 
one of whom represents a state-wide organization of municipal leaders;  9 
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one of 10 
whom has expertise in municipal housing and zoning policy and one of 11 
whom   represents   a   municipality   with   fewer   than   ten   thousand 12 
residents; 13 

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(3)   One   appointed   by   the   minority   leader   of   the   House   of 14 
Representatives; and 15 
(4) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate. 16 
(c)  Any  member  of  the  task  force  appointed  under  subdivision  (1), 17 
(2),  (3)  or  (4)  of  subsection  (b)  of  this  section  may  be  a  member  of  the 18 
General Assembly. 19 
(d) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later 20 
than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall 21 
be filled by the appointing authority. 22 
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 23 
tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from 24 
among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule 25 
the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty 26 
days after the effective date of this section. 27 
(f)  The  administrative  staff  of  the  joint  standing  committee  of  the 28 
General  Assembly  having  cognizance  of  matters  relating  to  housing 29 
shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 30 
(g) Not later than January 1, 2027, the task force shall submit a report 31 
on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of 32 
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing, 33 
in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. 34 
The task force shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or 35 
January 1, 2027, whichever is later. 36 
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following 
sections: 
 
Section 1 
from passage 
New section 
 
HSG Joint Favorable