Milford GOP Legislators Dismayed at Gov. Malloy Veto of Affordable Housing

From CT House Republicans: State Reps. Pam Staneski & Charles Ferraro voiced great displeasure with Governor Malloy’s veto of the bi-partisan (8-30g) Affordable Housing compromise bill, HB-6880.

The bill received 116 votes (77%) in the House of Representatives and 30 votes (83%) in the State Senate.
Rep. Staneski said, “Towns like Milford are getting overrun with affordable housing applications. This legislation was a modest step towards affordable housing reform which hoped to offer towns an attainable goal of developing and reaching a moratorium. I call on all my colleagues in the General Assembly to push for an override of the Governor’s veto. The voices of Milford residents and the state should NOT be silenced.”

"Governor Malloy's veto on the affordable housing legislation that was worked on by Republicans and Democrats signals that he is unwilling to help municipalities who are being negatively targeted by predatory developers," said Rep. Ferraro. "I will be working with members from both sides of the aisle to override his veto and put this very important piece of legislation for our cities and towns into law."

Under the current 8-30g statue, towns like Milford had very little chance of ever achieving the high bar for a moratorium that allowed predatory developers to sidestep local zoning laws. It's clearly been a difficult and complicated issue to work on with the majority in the legislature not in favor of any changes.
Each year the legislature has a veto session to meets to consider whether to override vetoes by the Governor. An override requires a two-thirds vote by each chamber (House & Senate) which would mean the House of Representatives would need 101 votes and the Senate would need 24 votes.

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