Massive Affordable Housing Project Pitched For Oxford: Report

OXFORD, CT — A developer, Timberlake Investment Partners V, is proposing a massive affordable housing development at Oxford Greens, the Republican-American reports.

The project would include 197 apartments with 60 being designated as affordable according to state guidelines. A hearing will be held at 7 p.m. on July 20 at Town Hall.

If approved, the project calls for the creation is six buildings on 51 acres of land including 320 parking spaces. There would also be a pool. Of the 197 apartments, 112 would be two-bedrooms.

A developer is allowed to bypass local zoning laws when filing an affordable housing application if 10 percent of a community's housing stock isn't considered affordable, according to state guidelines. A community can deny affordable housing projects but the developer often takes the municipality to court, almost always wins, and the community is forced to pay the legal fees.

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