Despite a boom in Connecticut home sales during the COVID-19 pandemic, overall permits for new housing construction fell by more than 6% in 2020.
The latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau, compiled by the state Department of Economic and Community Development, shows that Connecticut ended the recent year with a total of 4,775 housing permits, down from 5,097 in 2019, which was the highest annual total since 2015.
The Building Permits Survey data includes newly constructed residential dwellings ranging from one unit (such as single-family homes) to those with five or more.
While the total number of permits fell last year, there was an uptick in single-unit permits, which rose to 1,971, up from 1,860 in 2019. Meanwhile, permits with five or more units fell, from 3,029 in 2019 to 2,644 in 2020, according to the data, which is based on surveys of 104 Connecticut municipalities.
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