I am in strong support of expanding the Affordable Housing available in Kent. The work that Kent Village for Elderly Housing and Kent Affordable Housing has done to offer apartments has made Kent an early leader in the Northwest Corner. Affordable housing is a must because it allows the town to retain people to work in the businesses. Innovation will continue to allow the town to expand housing options. I applaud the Planning and Zoning Commission for recently altering the regulations to allow property owners to add an additional accessory dwelling on their property if it is categorized as “affordable” as defined by the State of Connecticut. A special shout out to Kent Affordable Housing for stepping up to be a part of this process of qualifying applicants to these privately owned accessory dwellings. This seems like a real win-win to help combat this crisis of not enough affordable places for people to live in town. It is one piece but an important portion toward a solution.