Jason Rojas
@jrojas9
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East Hartford/Manchester, House Majority Leader, Uconn Fanatic, Proud Bantam, Dad to the Girls, Good Housing Policy = Economic, Educational, Social Opportunity
The Crossroads of New England
Joined October 2009
The pride exhibited by Brazilians at the chief/chargers gamr as their national anthem was song was just beautiful.
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Anti-intellectualism has been rebranded as patriotism.
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Trump claims that Wes Moore privately told him "sir, you're the greatest president of my lifetime"
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We're a bunch of frogs in the midst of the boil. What a crazy spread of headlines as we continue on our track of civil disunity. And some of you are still cheering.
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Despite the rancor of the housing debate, lots of good work going on at @CTDeptHousing and @CHFA_RockyHill. State program Build for CT fueling construction of middle-income apartments across Connecticut https://t.co/CEq04IHAxX via @insider_ct
ctinsider.com
The state Housing Department must produce a report on the program every six months to the General Assembly.
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Hip hop is born at a teen party in the Bronx
history.com
On August 11, 1973, at a back-to-school party for teenagers in the recreation room of an apartment building in the we...
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A canary in the coal mine? Enrollment has been dropping across school districts in CT so the argument that housing will result in increased school costs is largely unfounded. Many schools are carrying costs for empty seats. https://t.co/tsWZfojvs1
ctinsider.com
Enrollment in Thomaston schools has been declining, with the district projecting 38 seniors for the upcoming school year.
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Great piece. Segregation costs us all: It erodes trust & fuels division It limits kids’ futures It weakens our communities It denies true freedom We can’t be stronger, freer, or fairer while keeping others out. The ongoing cost of housing segregation
ctmirror.org
The cost of housing segregation, first and foremost, is moral. It shrinks social trust, polarizes our people and limits our future.
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It's almost like Republicans stand for reducing regs, strengthening property rights and supporting some market-based solutions. Ayotte signs slate of bills to encourage housing construction, but not all ideas advance
newhampshirebulletin.com
A year after making housing a central plank of her campaign for governor, Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed 10 bills last week attempting to put limits on local zoning restrictions in order to encourage more...
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U.S. Homes Are Not Selling, and Prices Continue to Rise
nytimes.com
June, usually the height of the spring housing season, saw sales of existing homes drop from the previous month, according to the National Association of Realtors.
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Restrictive zoning rules allow only single-family homes, changing rules is controversial, time-consuming and costly. Frustrated, red & blue states have started pushing local govs to build more places people can afford & passing laws that make that easier.
npr.org
Utah's leaders worry skyrocketing home prices are keeping young people from creating wealth. It's among a growing number of states — red and blue — passing laws to promote more affordable places.
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Great Reuse of a large property. Developer eyes large-scale mixed-use redevelopment of MassMutual office complex in Enfield https://t.co/l8zDuYSo0D via @HartfordBiz
hartfordbusiness.com
A Branford-based development group has submitted an informal redevelopment plan for the 65.5-acre office campus.
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Remember reading this in college and not fully appreciating the impetus behind it. Still have my copy here on a shelf.
During a perilous American moment, the Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro wanted to read a dangerous book. He explains what he learned from “The Turner Diaries”:
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Infill development is a logical strategy: The 1st part is a guide to zoning reform that explains common problems and recommends four actions: Permit a mix of housing types, reduce minimum lot requirements, eliminate redundant standards, and right-size parking requirements.
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Fair Share? Meh on use of burden. "The commission points to no statutory language or case law authority that allows the town, literally, to pawn off its responsibility onto other municipalities, .... Indeed, each town or city shares an equal burden.” https://t.co/Aw8OrR9uhn
ctmirror.org
A judge ruled that the New Canaan Planning & Zoning Commission improperly denied a proposal to build affordable housing units.
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For the people in the back: “Sometimes leaders using the authority and the power that they have, just need to lead, and that’s the way I feel about us at the state level and certainly at the executive branch level,” Rojas said. https://t.co/aeFLTeeig3 via @HartfordBiz
hartfordbusiness.com
After weeks of hedging, Gov. Ned Lamont last week vetoed House Bill 5002, which was the most significant piece of housing legislation to cross his desk since he became governor […]
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Finally, HB 24 eliminates a loophole that enabled small groups of anti-housing protesters to block new housing projects. The old law made it too easy for a minority of residents to use petitions and other mechanisms to stifle development.
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SB 2835, allows developers to build apartment buildings up to 6 stories with only 1 staircase. Single-stair apartment buildings are cheaper to build—reducing construction costs by 6% to 13%—and can fit on smaller lots than double-loaded corridor buildings
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SB 840, requires municipalities to allow what is commonly called missing-middle housing
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