Our Home, Our Future
Click above to download this booklet, which contains a collection of articles published in The Lakeville Journal under the “Our Home, Our Future” series.
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Click above to download this booklet, which contains a collection of articles published in The Lakeville Journal under the “Our Home, Our Future” series.
This type of housing in northwest Connecticut - housing that is affordable to families earning under 80% AMI - is modestly sized, attractive, well maintained and lived in by folks employed locally or retired from jobs in our area.
A home here would allow him to be fully independent and save him the hour and a half commute each day, the cost of gas and the wear and tear on his car.
One of the major attractions to living in Salisbury is the high quality of education offered by Salisbury Central School.
If we want to have a sense of how affordable housing affects a town like ours, Kent’s long-time First Selectman, Bruce Adams, is the man to speak with.
By embracing more affordable housing we can help reverse that trend and make our town more vibrant.
“The challenges of providing a diversity of housing options including affordable housing was not anticipated as a community need when Salisbury's zoning regulations were adopted 40 or more years ago.”
A few years ago, I wrote a number of articles about how the cost of housing affects our community. The situation has not improved although some opportunities to address our needs are in the works.
As proven by residents currently living in affordable housing, the people who will be most eager to move into the housing we create are the people who are already living here or have a connection to our town through their work or families.
The good news is that we CAN improve the situation with community effort and support.
Because its members represent the entire town, the SAHC serves as the primary resource for all those considering building units of affordable housing here, or needing such housing.