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CT Housing Data Hub - Permitting DECD

Published by CT GIS Office (Office of Policy and Management) | State of Connecticut | Catalog Last Checked: August 25, 2026 at 10:56 PM | Dataset Last Updated: April 07, 2026
This feature layer displays annual counts of new residential construction permits and housing demolitions in each Connecticut municipality, as reported in the Department of Economic and Community Development’s (DECD) Annual Construction Report. The dataset is spatialized by town for use in the Connecticut Housing Data Hub.This dataset includes:Annual counts of new housing units authorized by building permitsPermitting data broken down by housing type (e.g., single-family, two-family, three- or four-family, five or more units)Counts of residential demolitions by year and town CT Geodata Portal Housing landing page: https://geodata.ct.gov/pages/housingDECD Annual Construction Report: https://data.ct.gov/Housing-and-Development/DECD-Annual-Construction-Report-1997-2024/wmfh-25kmDECD Housing Data: https://portal.ct.gov/decd/content/about_decd/research-and-publications/01_access-research/exports-and-housing-and-income-data Geographic ExtentCoverage: State of Connecticut ClassificationsSensitivity: PublicUsage: Public UseQuality: High QualityKnown Quality Issues: None CurrencyCreated: 2022Update Frequency: AnnuallyLast Updated: August 2025 LineageOriginated: Connecticut Department of Economic and Community DevelopmentNotable Changes: Shift from federal to state-collected data beginning in 2018Product Traceability: Used in the Connecticut Housing Data Hub and in analyses of housing growth and redevelopment patterns CreditsData Steward: Sarah Hurley (GIS Analyst, CT GIS Office) 

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