AN ACT REQUIRING A MUNICIPALITY TO INCLUDE CERTAIN INFORMATION IN ITS AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN.

HB 6944 requires Connecticut municipalities to include specific details in their affordable housing plans, directly affecting all local governments. It mandates that municipalities update and submit these plans every five years, with high-income areas (top 80% of net equalized per capita income) needing a "priority plan" detailing how they'll use zoning and other tools to create "realistic opportunity" for affordable housing development. Key provisions include requiring that at least 20% of units in these plans serve very low-income households (50% of area median income), 50% be rental units, 75% non-age-restricted, and 80% include two or more bedrooms. The Secretary of Policy and Management reviews these plans, with approval required for municipalities to access discretionary state housing funding.