Milford Mayor Ben Blake announced today that the city had gotten a moratorium from Connecticut’s affordable housing regulations, giving it greater leverage in denying certain projects. From left, state Sen. James Maroney, state Rep. Charles Ferraro, Blake, state Rep. Kathy Kennedy and state Rep. Kim Rose. Photo courtesy of the City of Milford.
Milford Mayor Ben Blake announced today that Milford has met the state requirements for a moratorium allowed under Connecticut’s affordable housing laws.
During the moratorium – effective until Aug. 20, 2023, with eligibility for another extension to Aug. 20, 2028, Milford will no longer be subject to the harshest elements of the state’s affordable housing law, known as 8-30g, which allows for developers to bypass certain local zoning regulations.
Blake celebrated the moratorium as a “win for Milford” as the “moratorium returns control of planning and development to the city, pushes back against over-development, and halts predatory development.
City leaders conducted an exhaustive canvass of housing units across Milford to prepare, document, and submit the city’s Certificate of Affordable Housing Project Completion.
“I’m very proud of the tremendous efforts by the entire group who contributed to our successful application for the moratorium,” Bake said. “I want to thank our local city leaders and our state delegation, past and present, for their efforts advocating for long overdue improvements to the Affordable Housing Act, as well as helping to secure the moratorium.”
Blake specifically thanked former state Sen. Gayle Slossberg and current state Rep. Kim Rose, who were chair and vice chair of the Housing Committee in the state legislature and spearheaded efforts to correct some of the flaws in Connecticut’s affordable housing law.
“The Small City with a Big Heart will continue to be a world-class community, with lots of New England charm, where every citizen has the opportunity to live and prosper,” Blake said.