On Tuesday, the Town Council voted to approve its long-awaited affordable housing plan — one that was due to the state over two years ago. In all, West Hartford’s recognized affordable housing will increase from 7.6 percent of its housing stock to 9 percent, just shy of the state’s goal of 10 percent. West Hartford — which is experiencing a housing boom over the last few years that has seen over a 1,000 units be approved for construction — views that threshold as a start and not an end. In West Hartford, while many of the affordable housing units included in some recently approved developments indeed sit at that 80 percent threshold, other projects like ones spearheaded by the West Hartford Housing Authority feature deeply affordable housing. Some at the former synagogue project they’re currently working on will be made available for those making 30 percent or less of the area median income.
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