Southbury Hosts Virtual Workshop On Affordable Housing Feb. 24

SOUTHBURY, CT — The Southbury Planning Commission and Land Use Department, with assistance from SLR International Corporation, will host a virtual workshop on Feb. 24 to provide the public with information on affordable housing and gather feedback.

The event is designed to help Southbury with the creation of the town's Affordable Housing Plan, and it is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The workshop will be held via Zoom, and pre-registration is required at https://www.southbury-ct.org/AffordableHousing. Once registered, the invitation link will be sent via email on the day of the workshop.

"This virtual event will provide background and educational information on housing affordability concepts, an overview of relevant Southbury demographics and housing data, an analysis of current affordable housing, and housing needs in Southbury," officials wrote in a statement. "Next, the workshop will highlight key themes and responses of the online community survey held from January 18 to February 8. From there, an interactive, live polling exercise will take place that will present various, local strategies for creating affordable housing which will become the Strategies and Recommendations section of the plan. The strategy options will be presented and explained, with case studies provided. Live polling will invite workshop participants to give input on preferred strategies for how Southbury should approach adding new affordable housing. The event will end with a Question and Answer Session."