Commons CDC
March 2026
Less than 3 percent of Hebron’s housing is “affordable”
92% of housing units are single, detached units
23% of homeowners are ‘cost-burdened’ (spend over 30% of
income on housing)
53% of renter households are cost burdened
Need for housing in Hebron
Who needs affordable housing
• People who work in town
• Town employees, teachers/teacher’s aides, health care workers,
bus drivers, retail employees, etc.
• Seniors who want to age gracefully in the town
they love
• Young professionals
Hebron’s Commitment to Housing
Commons CDC
Formed in April 2022
Goal -- help local communities build more
affordable housing options
Nonprofit organization composed of local
volunteer leaders
Meet community needs
Understand and respond to its context
Build sustainably to last
Housing Goals
Commons CDC First Project –
Church Street Commons
A community of mixed-income housing on land owned by
and adjacent to St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Beautiful, wooded property
Near town center
grocery store, pharmacy, library, schools, medical offices, child care center, food
pantry, trails and parks
Community Engagement
Community Engagement
Commons CDC has met with:
• Town Council, Town Manager and Town Planner
• Planning & Zoning Commission
• Hebron Housing Authority
• Hebron Housing Choices Advisory Committee
• Water Pollution Control Authority
• Historic Properties Commission
• Senator Cathy Osten and Representative Steve Weir
• Andover, Hebron and Marlborough (AHM) Youth & Family Services and other service providers
• St. Peter’s Parish Vestry
• Hebron business leaders
• Community members
Community Conversation on Housing, Housing for All, October 24, 2023
• Attended by 85 members of the community
Community Engagement (continued)
Community meeting to announce funding from
Department of Housing, April 30, 2024
• Attended by 80 community members
• Commissioner, CT Department of Housing
• Deputy Commissioner, CT Department of Economic &
Community Development (DECD)
• Leaders from CT Housing Finance Authority (CHFA);
LISC – CT; Capitol Region Council of Governments
(CROG); Center for Housing Opportunity; Eversource
• Senator Murphy’s office
• Chair, Hebron Town Council; Hebron School
Superintendent; Executive Director, Hebron Housing
Authority; Chair, Hebron Historic Properties
Commission
Community Engagement (continued)
Site
Land Owned by St. Peter’s Church
