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The bill has been dubbed "Work, Live, Ride" by Desegregate Connecticut, the group that has pushed for the measure.</p> <p>Some version of a bill to build more homes near public transportation has been proposed every legislative session since 2020, and particularly over the past couple of years, advocates and lawmakers have dealt with misinformation and confusion about the idea.</p> <p>Last year's version of the bill <a href="https://ctmirror.org/2024/05/03/ct-work-live-ride-bill/">passed the House</a>, but wasn't called in the Senate.</p> <p>The bill would prioritize certain state infrastructure funding for towns that create transit districts within a half mile of bus stops or train stations. The districts would allow the development of multifamily housing of fewer than 10 units<strong> </strong>or the development of larger complexes, if at least 30% of the larger complex is set aside as affordable housing, without a public hearing. </p> <p>It’s a concept known as transit-oriented development, which has grown in popularity across the country over the past few years. The idea is to build walkable neighborhoods with easy access to public transportation.</p> <p>Advocates view it as a way to increase housing and benefit the environment by cutting down on sprawl and making it easier for people to avoid driving.</p> <p>“These communities stimulate local economies, reduce commuting costs, and foster vibrant areas where people want to live, work, and visit,” wrote Alan Cavagnaro, deputy director of Desegregate CT, in public testimony. “As we continue to expand housing options around transit hubs, TOCs [transit oriented communities] can serve as engines for both economic and social progress in Connecticut.”</p> <p>Meanwhile opponents fear that it would wrest power from local zoning boards and mean towns that don’t participate wouldn’t have access to state money they need.</p> <p>“I'm opposed to the state coming in and essentially forcing towns to do things that don't fit within the town,” said Rep. Doug Dubitsky, R-Chaplin.</p> <p>Advocates say much of the opposition has sprung from groups spreading false information about the bill. In the past, Democratic leaders might have let that pass with little comment during a public hearing. On Monday, they frequently corrected speakers.</p> <p>Kirk Carr, treasurer of CT 169 Strong, testified on many specific aspects of the bill, including the way the funding prioritization would work for towns and other technical details. He opposed the bill, as did others from the group.</p> <p>Carr said it had changed in three ways that lawmakers who worked on the bill said weren’t true.</p> <p>“It’s very frustrating to hear that you’ve actually mischaracterized the parts that have changed … ,” Planning and Development Committee co-chair Rep. Eleni Kavros DeGraw, D-Avon, said. “To continue these ongoing misleading talking points is becoming a little frustrating. And it’s not a difference of opinion, I just want to make that clear. This is an absolute difference and purposeful misinformation campaign.”</p> <p>CT 169 Strong, an organization that has opposed bills to reform zoning, including Work, Live, Ride, has been accused of spreading misinformation in the past. But leaders from the group fired back Monday.</p> <p>“We are a grassroots group of volunteers, not paid housing advocates, and we do not spread misinformation,” said 169 Strong co-founder Alexis Harrison. “We advocate for good bills that help our communities and against bad policies that disempower our towns and abilities to make decisions.”</p> <p>The Democrats also had a lengthy exchange with Greenwich First Selectman Fred Camillo. Camillo has for many years opposed similar versions of the bill.</p> <p>He said that it would take away local input, although Democrats and advocates said local officials would have to vote to adopt the district in the first place.</p> <p>“‘You could opt in if you want, if you don't know, no problem, no harm, no foul,’” Camillo said. “That's not true. It's semantics. That's not true at all. It's punitive and it's threatening.”</p> <p>“You're saying that it doesn't involve local folks, but it absolutely does,” Kavros DeGraw responded.</p> <p>Co-chair Sen. MD Rahman engaged in a back-and-forth with Camillo about the price of housing in Greenwich. Camillo suggested that rent for a two-bedroom could cost as little as $1,200, with a lot of variety in cost. Rahman pushed back, saying that housing was inordinately expensive in the town.</p> <p>A search of two of the most popular apartment listing websites showed studio apartments in Greenwich renting for a minimum $1,700, although those listings likely don't account for public housing or other subsidized units.</p> <p>House Majority Leader Jason Rojas, D-East Hartford, weighed in on the issue at a press conference earlier in the day.</p> <p>“Just look at messaging that's gone out this past weekend about Work, Live, Ride, that is being heard today in Planning and Development, using language that is just not accurate and [is] inconsistent,” Rojas said. “And it's done intentionally. I think it's done to raise the concerns of people who live in our communities about what it is what we are intending to do legislatively.”</p> <p>In social media posts, emails and via texts, 169 Strong members raised particular concerns with the idea that towns that have already created transit districts wouldn’t be “grandfathered in.”&nbsp;</p> <p>While the specific phrase isn’t in the bill, there is a section to ensure that towns that have already approved these districts are included in funding prioritization.</p> <p>The bill would also push the state to help towns that don’t have planning capacity to plan their districts. It also allows towns that are adjacent to municipalities with public transit to participate.</p> <p>“We know that creating a ‘post-sprawl’ future will take time and will involve many different policy interventions and innovations,” wrote Pete Harrison, Connecticut director of the Regional Plan Association, which is associated with Desegregate CT. “HB 6831 is designed to be a modest, necessary step in orienting our state towards this larger goal.”</p> <p><em>Correction: A previous version of this story mistakenly left out the word 'against' in 169 Strong co-founder Alexis Harrison's quote that read: “We advocate for good bills that help our communities and against bad policies that disempower our towns and abilities to make decisions.”</em></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://ctmirror.org/2025/02/03/ct-work-live-ride-public-hearing/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://ctmirror.org&quot;&gt;CT Mirror&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.&lt;img src=&quot;https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-CTMirror_bug_rgb-180x180.jpg&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://ctmirror.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=1109072&amp;amp;ga4=G-9GVNVL530Q&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://ctmirror.org/2025/02/03/ct-work-live-ride-public-hearing/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/ctmirror.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> </textarea> <button onclick="copyToClipboard('#republication-tracker-tool-shareable-content', this)">Copy to Clipboard</button> </div>1 </div> <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <img width="1200" height="800" src="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0203_SR_HousingPolicy283-1200x800.jpg" class="attachment-newspack-featured-image size-newspack-featured-image wp-post-image" alt="" data-hero-candidate="1" fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" srcset="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0203_SR_HousingPolicy283-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0203_SR_HousingPolicy283-336x224.jpg 336w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0203_SR_HousingPolicy283-771x514.jpg 771w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0203_SR_HousingPolicy283-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0203_SR_HousingPolicy283-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0203_SR_HousingPolicy283-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0203_SR_HousingPolicy283-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0203_SR_HousingPolicy283-1568x1046.jpg 1568w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0203_SR_HousingPolicy283-2000x1334.jpg 2000w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0203_SR_HousingPolicy283-400x267.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" data-attachment-id="1109035" data-permalink="https://ctmirror.org/2025_0203_sr_housingpolicy283/" data-orig-file="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0203_SR_HousingPolicy283.jpg" data-orig-size="2500,1667" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.8","credit":"Shahrzad Rasekh","camera":"Canon EOS R6m2","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1738608644","copyright":"All rights reserved","focal_length":"200","iso":"1000","shutter_speed":"0.00625","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="2025_0203_SR_HousingPolicy283" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Rep. 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The bill has been dubbed “Work, Live, Ride” by Desegregate Connecticut, the group that has pushed for the measure.</p> <p>Some version of a bill to build more homes near public transportation has been proposed every legislative session since 2020, and particularly over the past couple of years, advocates and lawmakers have dealt with misinformation and confusion about the idea.</p> <p>Last year’s version of the bill <a href="https://ctmirror.org/2024/05/03/ct-work-live-ride-bill/">passed the House</a>, but wasn’t called in the Senate.</p> <p>The bill would prioritize certain state infrastructure funding for towns that create transit districts within a half mile of bus stops or train stations. The districts would allow the development of multifamily housing of fewer than 10 units<strong> </strong>or the development of larger complexes, if at least 30% of the larger complex is set aside as affordable housing, without a public hearing. </p> <aside> <div class="newspack-popup-container newspack-popup hidden newspack-inline-popup newspack-newsletter-prompt-inline " role="button" tabindex="0" style="background-color:#ffdf40;color:#000" id="id_980404" data-segments="70162" data-frequency="0,0,0,month" data-suppression="Connecticut Mirror Mailing List" > <div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-get-in-depth-connecticut-reporting-in-your-inbox">Want to read more in-depth Connecticut news?</h3> <p style="font-size:15.5px;margin-top:-10px;">Get CT Mirror's latest government and public policy reporting in your inbox daily.</p> </div></div> <script>(function() { window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { listeners: [], forms: { on: function(evt, cb) { window.mc4wp.listeners.push( { event : evt, callback: cb } ); } } } })(); </script><form id="mc4wp-form-3" class="mc4wp-form mc4wp-form-1110879 mc4wp-ajax" method="post" data-id="1110879" data-name="Morning + Sunday (Inline Widget)" ><div class="mc4wp-form-fields"><p> <div style="height:0px;"> <input type="checkbox" name="INTERESTS[e32f2ef2a8][]" value="4b2a8b188e" checked="true"> <p> </div> <div style="height:0px;"> <input type="checkbox" name="INTERESTS[e32f2ef2a8][]" value="7aaab3801f" checked="true"> <p> </div> <div> <label> <input type="email" style="width:63%;font-size:14px;line-height:30px;" name="EMAIL" placeholder="Email Address" required /> </label> <input type="submit" style="width:35%;text-transform:uppercase;" value="Sign up" /> </div> </p></div><label style="display: none !important;">Leave this field empty if you're human: <input type="text" name="_mc4wp_honeypot" value="" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off" /></label><input type="hidden" name="_mc4wp_timestamp" value="1743047735" /><input type="hidden" name="_mc4wp_form_id" value="1110879" /><input type="hidden" name="_mc4wp_form_element_id" value="mc4wp-form-3" /><div class="mc4wp-response"></div></form> </div> </aside> <p>It’s a concept known as transit-oriented development, which has grown in popularity across the country over the past few years. The idea is to build walkable neighborhoods with easy access to public transportation.</p> <p>Advocates view it as a way to increase housing and benefit the environment by cutting down on sprawl and making it easier for people to avoid driving.</p> <aside class="scaip scaip-2 "><aside id="bs_zones-151" class="bs_zones clearfix"><div><broadstreet-zone place="" zone-id="150549" keywords="not_home_page,not_landing_page,is_article_page,housing,news,ct-work-live-ride-public-hearing,post" soft-keywords="true" zone-alias=""></broadstreet-zone></div></aside></aside> <p>“These communities stimulate local economies, reduce commuting costs, and foster vibrant areas where people want to live, work, and visit,” wrote Alan Cavagnaro, deputy director of Desegregate CT, in public testimony. “As we continue to expand housing options around transit hubs, TOCs [transit oriented communities] can serve as engines for both economic and social progress in Connecticut.”</p> <p>Meanwhile opponents fear that it would wrest power from local zoning boards and mean towns that don’t participate wouldn’t have access to state money they need.</p> <aside> <div class="newspack-popup-container newspack-popup hidden newspack-inline-popup newspack-lightbox-no-border " role="button" tabindex="0" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#000" id="id_984231" data-segments="" data-frequency="0,0,0,month" > <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles inline-recirculation wpnbha is-grid columns-2 colgap-3 show-image image-alignleft ts-3 is-1 is-landscape inline-recirculation has-text-align-left" style="" > <style id="newspack-blocks-inline-css" type="text/css">.wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles article .entry-title{font-size: 1.2em;}.wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles .entry-meta{display: flex;flex-wrap: wrap;align-items: center;margin-top: 0.5em;}.wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles article .entry-meta{font-size: 0.8em;}.wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles article .avatar{height: 25px;width: 25px;}.wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles .post-thumbnail{margin: 0;margin-bottom: 0.25em;}.wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles .post-thumbnail img{height: auto;width: 100%;}.wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles .post-thumbnail figcaption{margin-bottom: 0.5em;}.wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles p{margin: 0.5em 0;}</style> <div data-posts data-current-post-id="1109072"> <h2 class="article-section-title"> <span>More STORIES IN HOUSING</span> </h2> <article data-post-id="1115064" class="tag-distilling-explainer tag-transit-oriented-development category-explain-archive category-housing newspack_spnsrs_tax-ct-mirror-explains type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://ctmirror.org/2025/03/24/ct-work-live-ride-bill-what-to-know/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0213_SR_CTRail_076-1200x900.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="‘Work Live Ride’ is back on the legislature’s docket. Here’s what to know" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0213_SR_CTRail_076-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0213_SR_CTRail_076-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0213_SR_CTRail_076-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0213_SR_CTRail_076-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0213_SR_CTRail_076-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 300px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1110529" data-permalink="https://ctmirror.org/2025_0213_sr_ctrail_076/" data-orig-file="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0213_SR_CTRail_076-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1708" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"5","credit":"Shahrzad Rasekh","camera":"Canon EOS R5m2","caption":"A wall next to the ticket dispenser machine at the Berlin Station displays train departure times.","created_timestamp":"1739447781","copyright":"All rights reserved","focal_length":"24","iso":"2500","shutter_speed":"0.008","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="2025_0213_SR_CTRail_076" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>A wall next to the ticket dispenser machine at the Berlin station displays train departure times.</p> " data-medium-file="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0213_SR_CTRail_076-336x224.jpg" data-large-file="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0213_SR_CTRail_076-771x514.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ctmirror.org/2025/03/24/ct-work-live-ride-bill-what-to-know/" rel="bookmark">‘Work Live Ride’ is back on the legislature’s docket. Here’s what to know</a></h3> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1113965" class="tag-2025-legislative-session tag-affordable-housing tag-feature-story tag-transit-oriented-development category-housing type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://ctmirror.org/2025/03/12/ct-work-live-ride-bill-passes-committee/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0203_SR_HousingPolicy283-1200x900.jpg?crop=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="CT’s contentious ‘Work Live Ride’ housing bill passes committee" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0203_SR_HousingPolicy283-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0203_SR_HousingPolicy283-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0203_SR_HousingPolicy283-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0203_SR_HousingPolicy283-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0203_SR_HousingPolicy283-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 300px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1109035" data-permalink="https://ctmirror.org/2025_0203_sr_housingpolicy283/" data-orig-file="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0203_SR_HousingPolicy283.jpg" data-orig-size="2500,1667" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.8","credit":"Shahrzad Rasekh","camera":"Canon EOS R6m2","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1738608644","copyright":"All rights reserved","focal_length":"200","iso":"1000","shutter_speed":"0.00625","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="2025_0203_SR_HousingPolicy283" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Rep. Eleni Kavros DeGraw, D-Avon, at a Planning and Development Committee hearing at the Legislative Office Building on February 3, 2025.</p> " data-medium-file="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0203_SR_HousingPolicy283-336x224.jpg" data-large-file="https://ctmirror-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_0203_SR_HousingPolicy283-771x514.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ctmirror.org/2025/03/12/ct-work-live-ride-bill-passes-committee/" rel="bookmark">CT’s contentious ‘Work Live Ride’ housing bill passes committee</a></h3> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </aside> <p>“I’m opposed to the state coming in and essentially forcing towns to do things that don’t fit within the town,” said Rep. Doug Dubitsky, R-Chaplin.</p> <p>Advocates say much of the opposition has sprung from groups spreading false information about the bill. In the past, Democratic leaders might have let that pass with little comment during a public hearing. On Monday, they frequently corrected speakers.</p> <aside class="scaip scaip-3 "><aside id="bs_zones-160" class="bs_zones clearfix"><div><broadstreet-zone place="" zone-id="150546" keywords="not_home_page,not_landing_page,is_article_page,housing,news,ct-work-live-ride-public-hearing,post" soft-keywords="true" zone-alias=""></broadstreet-zone></div></aside><aside id="bs_zones-161" class="bs_zones clearfix"><div><broadstreet-zone place="" zone-id="150548" keywords="not_home_page,not_landing_page,is_article_page,housing,news,ct-work-live-ride-public-hearing,post" soft-keywords="true" zone-alias=""></broadstreet-zone></div></aside></aside> <p>Kirk Carr, treasurer of CT 169 Strong, testified on many specific aspects of the bill, including the way the funding prioritization would work for towns and other technical details. He opposed the bill, as did others from the group.</p> <p>Carr said it had changed in three ways that lawmakers who worked on the bill said weren’t true.</p> <p>“It’s very frustrating to hear that you’ve actually mischaracterized the parts that have changed … ,” Planning and Development Committee co-chair Rep. Eleni Kavros DeGraw, D-Avon, said. “To continue these ongoing misleading talking points is becoming a little frustrating. And it’s not a difference of opinion, I just want to make that clear. This is an absolute difference and purposeful misinformation campaign.”</p> <p>CT 169 Strong, an organization that has opposed bills to reform zoning, including Work, Live, Ride, has been accused of spreading misinformation in the past. But leaders from the group fired back Monday.</p> <aside class="scaip scaip-4 "><aside id="bs_zones-156" class="bs_zones clearfix"><div><broadstreet-zone place="" zone-id="150550" keywords="not_home_page,not_landing_page,is_article_page,housing,news,ct-work-live-ride-public-hearing,post" soft-keywords="true" zone-alias=""></broadstreet-zone></div></aside></aside> <p>“We are a grassroots group of volunteers, not paid housing advocates, and we do not spread misinformation,” said 169 Strong co-founder Alexis Harrison. “We advocate for good bills that help our communities and against bad policies that disempower our towns and abilities to make decisions.”</p> <p>The Democrats also had a lengthy exchange with Greenwich First Selectman Fred Camillo. Camillo has for many years opposed similar versions of the bill.</p> <p>He said that it would take away local input, although Democrats and advocates said local officials would have to vote to adopt the district in the first place.</p> <p>“‘You could opt in if you want, if you don’t know, no problem, no harm, no foul,’” Camillo said. “That’s not true. It’s semantics. That’s not true at all. It’s punitive and it’s threatening.”</p> <aside class="scaip scaip-5 "><aside id="bs_zones-164" class="bs_zones clearfix"><div><broadstreet-zone place="" zone-id="150551" keywords="not_home_page,not_landing_page,is_article_page,housing,news,ct-work-live-ride-public-hearing,post" soft-keywords="true" zone-alias=""></broadstreet-zone></div></aside><aside id="bs_zones-163" class="bs_zones clearfix"><div><broadstreet-zone place="" zone-id="150552" keywords="not_home_page,not_landing_page,is_article_page,housing,news,ct-work-live-ride-public-hearing,post" soft-keywords="true" zone-alias=""></broadstreet-zone></div></aside><aside id="bs_zones-162" class="bs_zones clearfix"><div><broadstreet-zone place="" zone-id="150553" keywords="not_home_page,not_landing_page,is_article_page,housing,news,ct-work-live-ride-public-hearing,post" soft-keywords="true" zone-alias=""></broadstreet-zone></div></aside></aside> <p>“You’re saying that it doesn’t involve local folks, but it absolutely does,” Kavros DeGraw responded.</p> <p>Co-chair Sen. MD Rahman engaged in a back-and-forth with Camillo about the price of housing in Greenwich. Camillo suggested that rent for a two-bedroom could cost as little as $1,200, with a lot of variety in cost. Rahman pushed back, saying that housing was inordinately expensive in the town.</p> <p>A search of two of the most popular apartment listing websites showed studio apartments in Greenwich renting for a minimum $1,700, although those listings likely don’t account for public housing or other subsidized units.</p> <p>House Majority Leader Jason Rojas, D-East Hartford, weighed in on the issue at a press conference earlier in the day.</p> <aside class="scaip scaip-6 "><aside id="bs_zones-165" class="bs_zones clearfix"><div><broadstreet-zone place="" zone-id="150554" keywords="not_home_page,not_landing_page,is_article_page,housing,news,ct-work-live-ride-public-hearing,post" soft-keywords="true" zone-alias=""></broadstreet-zone></div></aside></aside> <p>“Just look at messaging that’s gone out this past weekend about Work, Live, Ride, that is being heard today in Planning and Development, using language that is just not accurate and [is] inconsistent,” Rojas said. “And it’s done intentionally. I think it’s done to raise the concerns of people who live in our communities about what it is what we are intending to do legislatively.”</p> <p>In social media posts, emails and via texts, 169 Strong members raised particular concerns with the idea that towns that have already created transit districts wouldn’t be “grandfathered in.” </p> <p>While the specific phrase isn’t in the bill, there is a section to ensure that towns that have already approved these districts are included in funding prioritization.</p> <p>The bill would also push the state to help towns that don’t have planning capacity to plan their districts. It also allows towns that are adjacent to municipalities with public transit to participate.</p> <aside class="scaip scaip-7 "><aside id="bs_zones-167" class="bs_zones clearfix"><div><broadstreet-zone place="" zone-id="150772" keywords="not_home_page,not_landing_page,is_article_page,housing,news,ct-work-live-ride-public-hearing,post" soft-keywords="true" zone-alias=""></broadstreet-zone></div></aside></aside> <p>“We know that creating a ‘post-sprawl’ future will take time and will involve many different policy interventions and innovations,” wrote Pete Harrison, Connecticut director of the Regional Plan Association, which is associated with Desegregate CT. “HB 6831 is designed to be a modest, necessary step in orienting our state towards this larger goal.”</p> <p><em>Correction: A previous version of this story mistakenly left out the word ‘against’ in 169 Strong co-founder Alexis Harrison’s quote that read: “We advocate for good bills that help our communities and against bad policies 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