Beware Housing Bills With Socialist Goals
By Betsy McCaughey
Wednesday, November 19 2025
The bill even forces towns to let the homeless sleep in local parks or camp on sidewalks, despite the risk of crime and disorder.
The Democrats' lurch to the extreme left is accelerating at warp speed – and Connecticut is the latest victim.
The state legislature's Democratic supermajority last week rammed through a bill, HB 8002, that's a thinly disguised socialist wishlist.
Cynically couched as a remedy for the affordable housing crisis, its real purpose is ideological: forcing Connecticut's 169 towns to achieve what the bill calls "economic diversity."
Translation: If you've worked hard to own a home in a leafy suburb with quiet streets, you can't live there unless everybody can – including the homeless and those with low incomes.
The state, through regional councils, will dictate how many people at each income level a town must house.
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