The Headlines:The Cos Cob Power Plant Controversy: Wheres The Affordable Housing For Working Families?Affordable-Housing Advocates Say They Are Speaking Up To Give A Voice To Police Officers, Teachers, Fire Fighters, Nurses, EMS Workers And Others Who Need Housing In Greenwich Governor M. Jodi Rell's Fiscal Irresponsibility: Commissioner Joan McDonald Of The State Economic And Community Development Agency Has Not Followed Up On The Taxpayer Subsidised $1 Cos Cob Power Plant SaleAmazing But True: There Has Been No Connecticut State Follow Up In 20 Years On A Deal That Was To Help Assist Greenwich In Reaching The State Mandated Affordable Housing Mandate Of 10 Percent The Issues:Why Hasn't Greenwich Initiated The Legally Required Meeting With The State's Department Of Economic And Community Development?Why Hasn't Commissioner Joan McDonald Asked Greenwich To Prove That Affordable-Housing Obligations Have Been Met At The Cos Cob Power Plant Site? The Quote:"It boggles the mind that they are admitting they used federal funds and not town funds and still stand by the spurious thinking that the town has met its commitment," says Barry Nova.The Reporter:Debra FriedmanThe Story:
Town justifies position on affordable housing deal
Greenwich TimeThe town's attorney has fired back at critics of his legal opinion that the town has fulfilled its affordable housing obligation, saying Greenwich has more than doubled the number of required units.
The town has created 50 affordable housing units, John Wayne Fox said, well above the 24
mandated in a 1989 deal with the state to acquire the Cos Cob Power ...
....Others, like Alma Rutgers, who sat on the committee that helped form the agreement with the state, said the project was envisioned as creating affordable single-family homes....
...Affordable-housing advocates said they are speaking up to give a voice to those who need housing and said the town should see this as an opportunity, not an obligation, to create more low- to moderate-income housing in the area because it is still far below the state mandate of 10 percent. According to 2008 figures, Greenwich has just over 5 percent affordable housing.
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