CT HB05198

Requires state agencies, local agencies, and utility companies to prepare a housing affordability impact analysis before adopting regulations or requirements that affect residential housing production, effective July 1, 2018.

Analysis must identify the scope of the regulation, types of housing affected, estimated number of units impacted, cost per unit, and additional compliance burdens (reporting, recordkeeping, hiring, professional services, capital investments, or fees).

Mandates analysis address whether alternative compliance methods exist that minimize adverse impact on housing developers and builders while maintaining public health, safety, and welfare standards.

Requires municipalities to include a housing affordability impact analysis in their affordable housing plans, which must be prepared or amended every five years and posted online.

Exempts emergency regulations and regulations not directly affecting residential housing developers from analysis requirements, such as those governing nursing homes, child care facilities, and federal program administration.