(Carl Juste/TNS)A Tool for StorytellingMaps from the Connecticut Zoning Atlas reveal the extent of restrictions on multifamily dwellings in the state. Lifting restrictions on such structures can boost affordable housing supply in residential neighborhoods. Zoning favoring single-family housing has fueled development that places unsustainable demands on local resources. “I don’t think we even have an inventory of how many zoning codes there are.”Suder sees this data as an important tool for his equity work. He’s hired three Cornell students for the summer and beginning on June 6 they’ll help his staff go through housing codes that are in place in about 240 cities, 88 counties and 1,300 townships.

Source: Forbes June 02, 2022 05:31 UTC