The Democrats’ lurch to the left is accelerating at warp speed — and Connecticut is the latest victim.

The state legislature’s Democratic supermajority last week rammed through a bill that’s a thinly disguised socialist wishlist.

Cynically couched as a remedy for the affordable housing crisis, its real purpose is ideological: forcing Connecticut’s 169 towns to achieve what the bill calls “economic diversity.”

Translation: If you’ve worked hard to own a home in a leafy suburb with quiet streets, you can’t live there unless everybody can — including those with low incomes and even the homeless.

The state, through regional councils, will dictate how many people at each income level a town must house. 

The councils are mere middlemen, a cosmetic addition to paper over a fundamental loss of local control.  

This isn’t about allowing one apartment building in a town of single-family homes; up to 20% of a town’s housing will have to be “affordable” rentals.

The bill even forces towns to let the homeless sleep in local parks or camp on sidewalks, despite the risk of crime and disorder. Public safety be damned.

Gov. Ned Lamont, seeking a third term in 2026 and fearing a challenge on his left flank, called........

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