Under HB 5002’s Fair Share Allocation, which examines the need for additional housing by region and proposes an allocation by town, West Hartford would need to add between 1,541 and 2,630 additional housing units to be in compliance.

By Donald Eng and Jamil Ragland, CTNewsJunkie.com 

A controversial housing bill intended to address the shortage and high cost of housing in the state will not become law, Gov. Ned Lamont announced Monday.

At a news briefing in his Capitol office, Lamont said he would “reluctantly” veto House Bill 5002, An Act Concerning Housing the Needs of Homeless Persons.

“The bill makes a really good start on a really important issue affecting our state,” Lamont said before adding that he would like to seek a better version of the bill. “We can do better. We will do better,” he said.

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