Affordable Housing Plan Scorecard
Lyme, CT
Connecticut’s severe lack of affordable homes is acutely felt in New London County where over a quarter of homeowners and almost half of homerenters are cost-burdened, spending 30% or more of their income on housing-related costs. To address the affordable housing crisis in Connecticut, the Connecticut legislature passed General Statutes Sec. 8-30j in 2017, requiring every municipality to adopt a plan for how they will address their affordable housing needs by June 1, 2022.
The Center for Housing Equity and Opportunity (CHEO) of Eastern Connecticut and DesegregateCT have worked together to develop scorecards to assess the local affordable housing plans created by New London County communities and the extent to which they will help to make Eastern Connecticut more affordable for all residents. Below is the scorecard for Lyme. You can read the Affordable Housing Plan adopted by the town here.
The criteria used in this scorecard was developed using the guidance outlined in the Planning for Affordability in Connecticut guidebook created by the Connecticut Department of Housing and Regional Plan Association.
This work was supported by the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut. The Affordable Housing Plans were reviewed and scored by the Center for Housing Equity and Opportunity, DesegregateCT and Regional Plan Association.