Connecticut's tracked inventory spans a wide range of eras and formats, from Heritage Village's 1967-2005-built 2,850-unit condominium complex (Connecticut's oldest and largest, entirely resale) to Toll Brothers' Regency-branded product actively selling new construction as recently as 2024 (Regency at Rivington, Danbury, opened October 2024) and 2023 (Regency at Woodbridge, opened November 2023). Toll Brothers is Connecticut's single most active current 55+ builder by community count (7 communities: Regency at Ridgefield, Regency Meadows, The Summit at Bethel, Regency at Rivington, Newtown Woods -- Regency Collection, Regency at Newtown, and Regency at Woodbridge), spanning both fully sold-out resale communities (Newtown Woods) and communities with active new-construction sales as of the last update. Del Webb/PulteGroup has a single, narrow Connecticut foothold: two of the four age-restricted neighborhoods within the Oxford Greens master plan in Oxford (Fairview at Oxford Greens and The Links at Oxford Greens), with the other two Oxford Greens neighborhoods (The Village at Oxford Greens and The Bridges at Oxford Greens) built by other developers within the same master-planned community -- confirming Oxford Greens is a multi-builder master plan rather than a single-brand product. A genuinely significant land-lease manufactured-home sector was confirmed, operated entirely by Sun Communities: a four-community cluster around Southington/Plainville in Hartford County (Forest Hill, Oak Grove, Cedar Springs, Three Gardens, sharing amenities), plus Rolling Hills (Mansfield/Storrs, Tolland County, the largest at 200 home sites, adjacent to UConn) and two communities in Montville/Uncasville (Laurel Heights, Millwood), New London County -- 7 of 42 communities covered (17%).

Taxes and ownership in Connecticut

Connecticut relies on the standard federal Housing for Older Persons Act (HOPA) framework via a directly mirroring state-law exemption, rather than a distinct state-specific registration-based mechanism like Massachusetts's MGL c.151B, section 4(7). Connecticut General Statutes section 46a-64b (Title 46a, Chapter 814c, "Human Rights and Opportunities") defines "housing for older persons" in three alternative ways: (A) housing provided under a state or federal program HUD determines is specifically designed for elderly persons; (B) housing intended for, and solely occupied by, persons 62 years of age or older; or (C) housing "intended and operated for occupancy by at least one person fifty-five years of age or older per unit in accordance with the standards set forth in the Fair Housing Act and regulations developed pursuant thereto by the Secretary of the United States Department [of Housing and Urban Development]" -- i.e., Connecticut's 55+ definition is explicitly and directly tied to the federal HOPA 80%-occupancy standard rather than setting its own independent threshold, unlike California's stricter Unruh Act (100% occupancy). Connecticut General Statutes section 46a-64c then provides that the statute's general age-discrimination prohibition in housing "shall not apply to" such housing for older persons, "provided there is no discrimination on the basis of age among persons who are eligible for such housing." This citation (CGS 46a-64b and 46a-64c, Title 46a, Chapter 814c) should be confirmed against the Connecticut General Assembly's own published text (cga.ct.gov). Connecticut's CCRC/Life Plan Community sector is real and substantial: 6 CCRCs were confirmed (Duncaster and Seabury in Bloomfield, Whitney Center in Hamden, McLean in Simsbury, Masonicare at Ashlar Village in Wallingford, and Meadow Ridge in Redding, the last a Type-A LifeCare CCRC with a $556,875+ entrance fee), all excluded because this directory does not cover continuing-care communities. No standalone, market-rate stock-cooperative sector comparable to Minnesota's Realife network was found operating in Connecticut; a 2002 Connecticut General Assembly research report on cooperative housing found only a narrow existing base of market-rate/limited-equity cooperatives statewide (not specifically age-restricted), and no dedicated 55+ stock-cooperative community was independently identified.

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55+ Communities in Connecticut

Connecticut community directory

77 Sunset Lane

Cedar Springs (East & West)

Chatfield Farms

Cheshire Crossing

Chimney Hill

Fairview at Oxford Greens

Fieldstone Village

Forest Hill

Forest Park

Founders Ridge

Gloria Commons

Hamden Farms

Heritage Village

Hopmeadow Place

Laurel Heights

Long Hill Village

Millwood

Newbury Village

Newtown Woods -- Regency Collection

North Woods of Colchester

Oak Grove

Orchard Hill

Oronoque Village

Pond Spring Village

Regency at Newtown

Regency at Ridgefield

Regency at Rivington

Regency at Woodbridge

Regency Meadows

Richmond Glen

Rolling Hills

Shaker Heights

Spring Lake Village

Summer Wind Estates

The Bridges at Oxford Greens

The Coach Homes at Ridgefield

The Commons at Mill River

The Links at Oxford Greens

The Summit at Bethel (Age-Restricted Village)

The Village at Beckley Farms

The Village at Oxford Greens

Three Gardens