Town Meeting Calls on State Legislature to Allow Real Estate Transfer Fee

Town Meeting calls on state legislature to allow real estate transfer fee

Brookline will ask the state legislature to allow the town to enact a real estate transfer fee, after Town Meeting voted this week in favor of a home rule petition. The vote aligns with growing statewide momentum for such a policy, which would place a new one-time tax on the sale of property, to be… Read More »Town Meeting calls on state legislature to allow real estate transfer fee …

BREAKING NEWS: Bi-Partisan Group of Wilton Officials Sign Letter Asking Gov. Lamont to Veto State Housing Bill HB 5002 - Good Morning Wilton

On Friday, June 6, a bi-partisan group of 12 Wilton officials, including the chairs of three main boards, signed a letter asking Gov. Ned Lamont to veto HB 5002, a housing bill just passed by both houses in Connecticut’s state legislature. The bill, HB 5002, An Act Concerning Housing and the Needs of Homeless Persons, is described on the CT General Assembly website as a bill “to lower housing costs, increase housing options and better support ho…