Connecticut municipalities issued 10.5 percent fewer housing permits in April, but the pace of new home starts is still ahead of 201, according to figures released by the state Department of Economic and Community Development.
The 104 Connecticut municipalities that track housing permits authorized 299 new housing units in April, down from 334 a year earlier.
So far this year, 1,387 new housing permits have been issued, compared to 1,179 a year earlier.
Almost half of the new building permits (147) went for single-unit construction. That’s a 19.7 percent decline year-over-year from April 2015 when 176 single-unit permits were issued.
There were 146 building permits issued for projects with more than five units. That’s fairly consistent with the April 2015 permitting of 142 units.
There were six permits for construction with two units. No permits were issued in April for three- to four-unit construction.
