Members of a Connecticut legislative panel tackling the state’s affordable housing crisis are considering whether to continue to require that cities and towns have 10% of their housing stock be affordable.

Some towns want a moratorium on Connecticut’s 8-30g law, enacted in 1989, that allows developers to challenge zoning regulations in towns where less than 10% of the housing stock is considered affordable.

“Towns can’t afford to litigate these things anymore. They can’t afford the time and money in court fighting developers who use this statute as a sword and a shield,” said Rep. Joe Zullo (R-East Haven), a member of the Affordable Housing Roundtable, at a panel meeting on Wednesday.

Democrats on the panel responded that the cost of litigation is the reason towns should try to meet the

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