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Instead of housing production targets, Connecticut’s towns and cities will be getting “aspirational” suggestions from state housing officials.

According to The CT Mirror, state representatives stripped out controversial rezoning mandates from a housing bill working its way through the General Assembly. If it’s also passed by the state Senate, state officials will still be asked to study and calculate what each town’s “fair share” of new affordable housing units should be.

But, instead of being required to update their zoning to allow [private-sector production to hit that level, the numbers will now be offered for “aspirational goal-setting,” Housing Committee Co-Chair Rep. Geoff Luxenberg, D-Manchester, told the news site.

The bill also includes various tenant protections, the Mirror says.