Hamden Considers Reversing Controversial Student Housing Permit Regulations

HAMDEN, CT — The Hamden Planning and Zoning Commission is poised to amend the regulations of its controversial student housing permit and remove the requirement that landlords live in the house with the students, according to the New Haven Register.

Kate Ramunni of the Register reports that dozens of complaints have been filed with the state Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities against the town’s regulations, including more than 40 that were filed before the amendment to require landlords to live with the students was passed last December.

The Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved the new regulations last December in an effort to cut down on the number of absentee landlords renting homes to students in residential neighborhoods. The action came after years of residents complaining about loud parties and other issues with Quinnipiac students living in residential neighborhoods.

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The Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing Nov. 15 on the application to amend the regulations and remove the requirement that landlords live in the house being rented to students, according to the Register.

Read more at the New Haven Register here.

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