STAMFORD, CT-In a state known for single-family homes, Fairfield and New Haven will be seeing new multifamily transit-oriented development in years to come. Four cities along the Metro-North Railroad’s New Haven line, including Stamford, South Norwalk, Bridgeport and New Haven, were included in the New York-Connecticut Sustainable Communities Initiative, a bi-state collaboration funded by $3.5 million from the US Housing and Urban Development’s regional planning grant program this year.

The funding will be divided between Connecticut, New York City, Long Island and the lower Hudson Valley to fund the development and execution of regional plans. And as the demand for housing increases in a traffic-choked state like Connecticut, members of the program’s consortium and advisory board spoke in favor of expanding mixed-use development along key nodes of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Metro-North New Haven line.