Stamford’s legislative delegation welcomed on Friday the approval by the State Bond Commission of $5 million in state bonding for the Vidal Court public housing revitalization project in Stamford.
In 2004, the state legislature approved a bond package that included $20 million for the Vidal Court project. With today’s approval, $10 million of that funding has been released by the State Bond Commission.
Sen. Andrew McDonald (D-Stamford), Sen. William Nickerson (R-Greenwich), Rep. Carlo Leone (D-Stamford), Rep. Gerald Fox, III (D-Stamford), Rep. Jim Shapiro (D-Stamford), Rep. Christel Truglia (D-Stamford), Rep. William Tong (D-Stamford), and Rep. Livvy Floren (R-Greenwich) have actively been pushing the administration for approval of the remainder of the allocation.
“The approval of an additional $5 million towards this project is significant and an important step forward with this project,” Rep. Fox said. “We will continue to actively pursue the remaining allocation to ensure that this necessary housing is completed. Affordable housing is essential in any community and this new project will be an asset to the City of Stamford.”
“This funding is critical to the continued success and sustained efforts of the Stamford Housing Authority’s revitalization of Vidal Court,” Rep. Leone said. “I am very pleased that the State Bonding Commission has approved this crucial measure.”
Sen. McDonald stated, “We certainly appreciate the governor fulfilling one half of the state’s commitment to this critical project that the state made many years ago. We look forward to working with her to see this project through to completion.”
The project involves replacing the outdated moderate rental housing complex with 216 new affordable housing units and 134 new market-rate family rental units.
