Housing Affordability Institute has expanded its coverage of legal precedents impacting housing and development with the creation of a state-level legal precedent series.

The initial entry into this series comes from Connecticut: Builders Service Corporation Inc. et al. v. Planning and Zoning Commission of East Hampton. This case established the state’s precedent that planning and zoning policies relating to “health, safety and general welfare” require a rational basis.

In addition to Builders Services Corp., the Institute has added its existing Minnesota legal precedents to this new series:

• Country Joe v. Eagan: Country Joe, Inc. v. City of Eagan addresses whether a Minnesota city could condition building permit approval on payment of a road unit connection charge.
• Harstad v. Woodbury: Harstad v. Woodbury addresses Minnesota cities conditioning the approval of a project on payment of an infrastructure charge not authorized under Minnesota statute, while also conditioning approval on the waiver of statutory right to contest the fee.
• BATC v. DLI: BATC v. DLI addresses the rational basis required for administrative rulemaking in the State of Minnesota.

These documents can be found in the Legal Precedents section of Housing Affordability Institute’s Policy Center.