Connecticut mayors and first selectmen are helping draft a more acceptable version of a controversial affordable housing bill, according to Governor Ned Lamont.

The governor had vetoed the housing bill passed by state lawmakers during the regular session after it was strongly opposed by some towns in Fairfield County and along the Long Island coastline.

But he’s now got buy-in for a revised version from mayors and first selectmen, Lamont told more than 400 attendants at a state housing conference at Foxwoods Resort Casino on Thursday, organized by the state Department of Housing and the state Housing Finance Authority.

“We pushed them,” Lamont said.

“I said I want you to step up. I want you to be at the table. I want you to be part of this housing bill. And they’ve come forward, I thin

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