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Jason Rojas: “We compromised and said, you know, for 16 unit projects…”

Featuring: Jason Rojas, Democratic | Connecticut House of Representatives, 9th Assembly District

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CT House Majority Leader Jason Rojas: Dealing with Economic & Racial Segregation

Published | Video Starts at 18:53

Which has the effect of limiting the, the amount of housing that gets created in any given place. So what we did, instead of an outright ban, right. On parking requirements, We compromised and said, you know, for 16 unit projects, right, that are going to be near transit, that are near a train station, on a bus line, let's give a little bit of flexibility to developer to require to have fewer parking spots. recognizing that perhaps not everybody who makes a choice to live in that apartment building, right. Is actually going to have a car. Therefore they don't even need a parking spot. (18:53–19:07)

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Asserts that a compromise was made to allow fewer parking spots for 16-unit projects near transit.

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