Multifamily housing fight in Woodbridge could have broad implications for zoning in Connecticut
(WorldNews Health)

A standoff over a proposal to build multifamily housing on a 1.5 acre residential property in Woodbridge has broad implications for zoning laws in other towns across Connecticut — a state with the 10th-highest housing wage in the U.S., according to the National Low Income Housing Commission, and where the average two-bedroom rental has a fair market rate of $1,374 per month. Designed to provoke a wider debate about race, income inequality, exclusion and fair housing in wealthy Connecticut towns — some of which could be addressed by the state legislature this year — the contested proposal also points to the hypocrisy of many white suburban residents, some of whom demonstrated against racial...