Connecticut demand for new housing surged in January, with most communities issuing more than double the residential building permits they did a year earlier, state data shows.
The state Department of Economic and Community Development tally from 128 cities and towns counted 533 permits issued last month, up from 236 in January 2013.
Apartment construction paced the permit volume in January, DECD said Thursday. Apartments with five or more units accounted for 333 of January’s permits statewide, primarily in Stamford and Danbury. All but six of the remainder were for single-family dwellings, the data showed.
A year earlier, cities and towns tracked issued just 93 permits for buildings with five or more living units.
