The number of housing permits authorized by local Connecticut officials was down in December and down for the year, according to U.S. Census data compiled by the state’s Department of Economic and Community Development.
There were 286 permits issued in December, down from 524 a year ago. That brought the total number of permits for 2013 to 4,027, down 2.7 percent from 2012, when 4,140 were issued.
The 2012 total was the highest since 2008, when there were 4,910 permits issued.
Permits for single-family homes were up 20 percent in 2013, to 2,399, while units in buildings containing five or more dwellings fell 27 percent, to 1,479.
The data covers 128 Connecticut communities, because 40 of the state’s less populated towns report numbers annually rather than monthly.
