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Home Builders Lobby At Capitol For Reforms
Home builders in Connecticut don't have much to celebrate these days. New permits for single-family houses, condominiums and apartment units hit their lowest level in at least 30 years in 2009 and, so far, this year is off to a slow start. Developers have laid off employees and subcontractors are seeing a lot less work coming their way. But at Wednesday's annual home building industry lobbying day at the state Capitol in Hartford, the Home Builders Association of Connecticut had something to be optimistic about: For a change, its members were supporting more legislative proposals, by far, than they were opposing. Proposals to streamline how residential developers secure permits from state regulators, for example, could get construction underway faster as the housing recovery takes root. One proposal would require the state departments of environmental protection, transportation and economic and community development to work together in teams on major economic and development projects, as well as projects in brownfields. Johnny Carrier, vice president of J.F.C. Endeavors Inc., a Plainville-based home builder, said that approvals involving state environmental and transportation officials can easily take a year, and that's if things go smoothly. If problems crop up, the process can take 18 months or more, he said. Court appeals can stretch out those times even longer, Carrier said. "You can end up missing the market," Carrier said. For years, residential builders have complained about what they call overly restrictive development regulations, making home building tough, even in good economic times. Cutting through the red tape will get more projects going quicker as demand for housing picks up, creating jobs and helping the economy, said Lisa Kidder, a spokeswoman for the home builders association. "This is a function of a number of people at the state Capitol understanding that the business community needs more regulatory relief," Kidder said. Carrier said he believes that the housing market has now bottomed out. "But it's going to be a slow recovery," he said. http://www.courant.com/business/hc-cthomebuilders-legislative-agendapr01,0,5936683.story |
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