HB 5502

General Assembly  Substitute Bill No. 5502
  February Session, 2026
 AN ACT CONCERNING HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON CERTAIN
 LOTS ZONED FOR INDUSTRIAL USE OR PREVIOUSLY ZONED FOR
 RESIDENTIAL USE.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
 Assembly convened:
1Section 1. Section 8-2s of the 2026 supplement to the general statutes,
2     as amended by section 16 of public act 25-1 of the November special
3     session, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof
4     (Effective July 1, 2026):
5(a) On and after [July 1, 2026] January 1, 2027, any zoning regulations
6    adopted or amended pursuant to section 8-2 [(1)] or any special act shall
7    allow for the development of a transit community middle housing
8    development, as defined in section 8-13hh, or a mixed-use development,
9    on any lot that (1) is zoned for commercial or mixed-use development;
10    [, subject only to summary review, as defined in section 8-2r, and] (2) is
11    zoned for industrial use, provided such lot is not greater than one
12    thousand feet from (A) a transit station, as defined in section 8-169hh,
13    or (B) a highway, as defined in section 13a-123c; or (3) was previously
14    zoned for residential use at any time, subject only to summary review,
15    as defined in section 8-2r.
16(b) On and after July 1, 2026, any zoning regulations adopted or
17    amended pursuant to section 8-2 or any special act may allow for the
18    development of a transit community middle housing development on
19    any lot that allows for residential use, subject only to such summary
20    review.
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21    [(b)] (c) Any municipality that adopts zoning regulations that allow
22 for the development of a transit community middle housing
23 development [as described in subdivision (2) of] pursuant to subsection
24 [(a)] (b) of this section shall be awarded one-quarter housing unit-
25 equivalent point pursuant to subdivision (6) of subsection (l) of section
26 8-30g, as amended by this act, for each unit of such middle housing for
27 which a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the municipality.
28    [(c)] (d) No municipality that has (1) adopted zoning regulations that
29 allow for the development of a transit community middle housing
30 development [as described in subdivision (2) of] pursuant to subsection
31 [(a)] (b) of this section, (2) been awarded housing unit-equivalent points
32 pursuant to subsection [(b)] (c) of this section, and (3) qualified for a
33 moratorium from the affordable housing appeals procedure under
34 subsection (l) of section 8-30g, as amended by this act, based in part on
35 housing unit-equivalent points awarded pursuant to subsection [(b)] (c)
36 of this section shall repeal or substantially modify such zoning
37 regulations concerning such development of such middle housing
38 during the period of such moratorium.
39   Sec. 2. Subdivision (6) of subsection (l) of section 8-30g of the 2026
40 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is
41 substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2026):
42    (6) For the purposes of this subsection, housing unit-equivalent
43 points shall be determined by the commissioner as follows: (A) No
44 points shall be awarded for a unit unless its occupancy is restricted to
45 persons and families whose income is equal to or less than eighty per
46 cent of the median income, except that (i) unrestricted units in a set-
47 aside development shall be awarded one-quarter point each, and (ii)
48 dwelling units in transit community middle housing developments
49 developed pursuant to [subdivision (2) of] subsection [(a)] (b) of section
50 8-2s, as amended by this act, shall be awarded one-quarter point each;
51 (B) family units restricted to persons and families whose income is equal
52 to or less than eighty per cent of the median income shall be awarded
53 one point if an ownership unit and one and one-half points if a rental
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54 unit; (C) family units restricted to persons and families whose income is
55 equal to or less than sixty per cent of the median income shall be
56 awarded one and one-half points if an ownership unit and two points if
57 a rental unit; (D) family units restricted to persons and families whose
58 income is equal to or less than forty per cent of the median income shall
59 be awarded two points if an ownership unit and two and one-half points
60 if a rental unit; (E) elderly units restricted to persons and families whose
61 income is equal to or less than eighty per cent of the median income shall
62 be awarded one-half point; (F) a set-aside development containing
63 family units which are rental units shall be awarded additional points
64 equal to twenty-two per cent of the total points awarded to such
65 development, provided the application for such development was filed
66 with the commission prior to July 6, 1995; (G) a mobile manufactured
67 home in a resident-owned mobile manufactured home park shall be
68 awarded points as follows: (i) One and one-half points when occupied
69 by persons and families with an income equal to or less than eighty per
70 cent of the median income, (ii) two points when occupied by persons
71 and families with an income equal to or less than sixty per cent of the
72 median income, and (iii) one-fourth point for the remaining units; and
73 (H) any unit described in subparagraphs (A) to (G), inclusive, of this
74 subdivision shall be awarded an additional one-quarter point, provided
75 such unit was constructed by or in conjunction with a housing authority,
76 as defined in section 8-40, of a neighboring municipality.
  This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
  sections:
  Section 1      July 1, 2026  8-2s
  Sec. 2  July 1, 2026  8-30g(l)(6)
 Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
 The title was changed; and in Section 2, the effective date was changed
 from October 1, 2026 to July 1, 2026, for consistency.
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