An ambitious plan to begin undoing decades of racial inequity by ushering in a wave of affordable housing in Woodbridge is likely to be dealt a serious blow next month, when town zoning commissioners are set to vote on a sharply scaled-back version of the proposal. The vast majority of Woodbridge, a largely white community, is made up of single-family homes. A tiny fraction of land permits .
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Zoning officials in the well-off suburban town of Woodbridge seem unlikely to allow developers to build multi-unit dwellings there without special permission.
The request from civil rights attorneys to change the way affordable housing is approved in Woodbridge has become the focus of housing advocates across the state, as what happens in Woodbridge could eventually have widespread ramifications.
Convinced the town’s zoning regulations keep low-income residents from being able to move into town and keep the town segregated civil rights attorneys from the Open Communities Alliance and a fair housing Clinic at Yale Law School are also asking the town to throw out its prohibition on multi-family housing and its rule that only single-family homes can be built on a 1.5-acre lot nearly everywhere in town.
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A house on the corner of Orchard Rd and Newtown Road in Woodbridge. A proposal has been made to build a four-unit home on this single-family, 1.5-acre lot.
Zoning officials in the well-off suburban town of Woodbridge seem unlikely to allow developers to build multi-unit dwellings there without special permission.
The request from civil rights attorneys to change the way affordable housing is approved in Woodbridge has become the focus of housing advocates across the state, as what happens in Woodbridge could eventually have widespread ramifications.
Convinced the town’s zoning regulations keep low-income residents from being able to move into town and keep the town segregated civil rights attorneys from the Open Communities Alliance and a fair housing Clinic at Yale Law School are also asking the town to throw out its prohibition on multi-family housing and its rule that only single-family homes can be built on a 1.5-acre lot nearly everywhere in