Events

Housing at a Crossroads: Conversation on Housing Challenges & Solutions (Part 2)

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Please join the Northeastern Connecticut Council of Governments (NECCOG), the Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern CT (CHO-EC), and Thames Valley Council for Community Action for the second part of the Housing at a Crossroads: Conversation on Housing Challenges & Solutions zoom series.

In the second part, we’ll consider decisions made by local government leaders and financial institutions, exploring how their actions can either open doors or create barriers to housing options that serve people of all backgrounds, budgets, and life stages. Finally, we will explore the diverse housing and neighborhood types, regulatory changes, and development partnerships needed to chart a path forward that meets Connecticut residents’ needs.

Speakers List

Delia Fey, AICP Senior Regional Planner

Northeastern Connecticut Council of Governments
Dwight Merriam, FAICP Lawyer, Land Use Planner

Delia Fey, AICP, Senior Regional Planner, Northeastern Connecticut Council of Governments

Delia P. Fey is an AICP certified planner and is the Senior Regional Planner for the Northeastern Connecticut Council of Governments. With over 23 years of experience in municipal planning in northeastern CT, Delia has served as town planner, ZEO and wetlands agent in northeastern CT towns, has written regulations, Plans of Conservation & Development and Affordable Housing Plans for multiple towns and reviewed many hundreds of development proposals. Having worked as the Woodstock town planner for 19 years, she has developed a passion for how underappreciated zoning is in most communities and yet it has tremendous influence on whether towns thrive or not.

Dwight Merriam ,FAICP, Lawyer, Land Use Planner

Dwight Merriam, FAICP, a lawyer and land use planner, is a Fellow in the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, a Fellow and Past President and of the American Institute of Certified Planners, Past Chair of the ABA Section of State and Local Government Law, a Counselor of Real Estate, and the Connecticut member of Owners’ Counsel of America. Dwight taught for 40 years as an adjunct professor in several law schools. He has published over 200 articles and 13 books, including co authoring the casebook, PLANNING AND CONTROL OF LAND DEVELOPMENT, and co-authoring the treatise RATHKOPF’S THE LAW OF ZONING AND PLANNING with Prof. Sara Bronin. He is the author of CONNECTICUT LAND USE LAW and Practice 4th. Dwight served as an active duty and reserve Surface Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy, including three Vietnam deployments, retiring after 31 years as a Captain. UMass BA (cum laude), UNC MRP, and Yale JD. www.dwightmerriam.com.

Hosted By Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut
with Northeastern Connecticut Council of Governments; Thames Valley Council for Community Action
Topic Housing Affordability
Region Eastern CT

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Northeastern Connecticut Council of Governments

NECCOG is focused on achieving results for our member towns through regionalism — offering a range of voluntary — member initiated programs and services — depending on the collective and/or individual needs of our member towns. Our regional approach to problem solving enables our member towns to achieve efficiencies and economies of scale that individually would be difficult to realize.
Thames Valley Council for Community Action

TVACC addresses systemic and structural barriers that cause poverty for families and individuals in Eastern Connecticut by focusing community resources, partnerships, and services on the social determinants of health and well-being.