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This week’s housing news reported that a controversial New York developer had been shot down by Bethel in its plan to build attainably priced apartments following failed efforts in Granby and Manchester, as well as success in Avon, Cheshire and New London with appeals in Rocky Hill, Simsbury, and West Hartford.

For several decades, municipalities have admirably strived to solve the challenge of developing more affordable housing in and around town centers. Their efforts, however, have proven to be too slow in the best of cases or ineffective in most instances. The “Not in My Backyard” (NIMBY) movement and its allied lobbies often weaponize state and local laws and use delay tactics to outmaneuver short-staffed local councils and commissio

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