An amended version of HB 5390, a bill that would encourage housing development near public transit hubs, passed the House Planning and Development Committee last week. Committee co-chair Rep. Eleni Kavros DeGraw (D-Avon) said of the bill: “It would get us to actually building … I think that’s probably the biggest issue we have is that we continue to not actually build.” HB 5390 is supported by advocacy group Desegregate Connecticut and House Democrats, who pledged to prioritize such a bill in this year’s legislative session. — CT Mirror
