Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-30g — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 126a / Section 8-30g
Sec. 8-30g. Affordable housing land use appeals procedure. Definitions. Affordability plan; regulations. Conceptual site plan. Maximum monthly housing cost. Percentage-of-income requirement. Appeals. Modification of application. Commission powers and remedies. Exempt municipalities. Moratorium. Model deed restrictions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Affordable housing development” means a proposed housing development which is (A) assisted housing, or (B) a set-aside development;

(2) “Affordable housing application” means any application made to a commission in connection with an affordable housing development by a person who proposes to develop such affordable housing;

(3) “Assisted housing” means housing which is receiving, or will receive, financial assistance under any governmental program for the construction or substantial rehabilitation of low and moderate income housing, and any housing occupied by persons receiving rental assistance under chapter 319uu or Section 1437f of Title 42 of the United States Code;

(4) “Commission” means a zoning commission, planning commission, planning and zoning commission, zoning board of appeals or municipal agency exercising zoning or planning authority;

(5) “Municipality” means any town, city or borough, whether consolidated or unconsolidated;

(6) “Set-aside development” means a development in which not less than thirty per cent of the dwelling units will be conveyed by deeds containing covenants or restrictions which shall require that, for at least forty years after the initial occupation of the proposed development, such dwelling units shall be sold or rented at, or below, prices which will preserve the units as housing for which persons and families pay thirty per cent or less of their annual income, where such income is less than or equal to eighty per cent of the median income. In a set-aside development, of the dwelling units conveyed by deeds containing covenants or restrictions, a number of dwelling units equal to not less than fifteen per cent of all dwelling units in the development shall be sold or rented to persons and families whose income is less than or equal to sixty per cent of the median income and the remainder of the dwelling units conveyed by deeds containing covenants or restrictions shall be sold or rented to persons and families whose income is less than or equal to eighty per cent of the median income;

(7) “Median income” means, after adjustments for family size, the lesser of the state median income or the area median income for the area in which the municipality containing the affordable housing development is located, as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; and

(8) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Housing.

(b) (1) Any person filing an affordable housing application with a commission shall submit, as part of the application, an affordability plan which shall include at least the following: (A) Designation of the person, entity or agency that will be responsible for the duration of any affordability restrictions, for the administration of the affordability plan and its compliance with the income limits and sale price or rental restrictions of this chapter; (B) an affirmative fair housing marketing plan governing the sale or rental of all dwelling units; (C) a sample calculation of the maximum sales prices or rents of the intended affordable dwelling units; (D) a description of the projected sequence in which, within a set-aside development, the affordable dwelling units will be built and offered for occupancy and the general location of such units within the proposed development; and (E) draft zoning regulations, conditions of approvals, deeds, restrictive covenants or lease provisions that will govern the affordable dwelling units.

(2) The commissioner shall, within available appropriations, adopt regulations pursuant to chapter 54 regarding the affordability plan. Such regulations may include additional criteria for preparing an affordability plan and shall include: (A) A formula for determining rent levels and sale prices, including establishing maximum allowable down payments to be used in the calculation of maximum allowable sales prices; (B) a clarification of the costs that are to be included when calculating maximum allowed rents and sale prices; (C) a clarification as to how family size and bedroom counts are to be equated in establishing maximum rental and sale prices for the affordable units; and (D) a listing of the considerations to be included in the computation of income under this section.

(c) Any commission, by regulation, may require that an affordable housing application seeking a change of zone include the submission of a conceptual site plan describing the proposed development's total number of residential units and their arrangement on the property and the proposed development's roads and traffic circulation, sewage disposal and water supply.

(d) For any affordable dwelling unit that is rented as part of a set-aside development, if the maximum monthly housing cost, as calculated in accordance with subdivision (6) of subsection (a) of this section, would exceed one hundred per cent of the Section 8 fair market rent as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, in the case of units set aside for persons and families whose income is less than or equal to sixty per cent of the median income, then such maximum monthly housing cost shall not exceed one hundred per cent of said Section 8 fair market rent. If the maximum monthly housing cost, as calculated in accordance with subdivision (6) of subsection (a) of this section, would exceed one hundred twenty per cent of the Section 8 fair market rent, as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, in the case of units set aside for persons and families whose income is less than or equal to eighty per cent of the median income, then such maximum monthly housing cost shall not exceed one hundred twenty per cent of such Section 8 fair market rent.

(e) For any affordable dwelling unit that is rented in order to comply with the requirements of a set-aside development, no person shall impose on a prospective tenant who is receiving governmental rental assistance a maximum percentage-of-income-for-housing requirement that is more restrictive than the requirement, if any, imposed by such governmental assistance program.

(f) Except as provided in subsections (k) and (l) of this section, any person whose affordable housing application is denied, or is approved with restrictions which have a substantial adverse impact on the viability of the affordable housing development or the degree of affordability of the affordable dwelling units in a set-aside development, may appeal such decision pursuant to the procedures of this section. Such appeal shall be filed within the time period for filing appeals as set forth in section 8-8 , 8-9 , 8-28 or 8-30a , as applicable, and shall be made returnable to the superior court for the judicial district where the real property which is the subject of the application is located. Affordable housing appeals, including pretrial motions, shall be heard by a judge assigned by the Chief Court Administrator to hear such appeals. To the extent practicable, efforts shall be made to assign such cases to a small number of judges, sitting in geographically diverse parts of the state, so that a consistent body of expertise can be developed. Unless otherwise ordered by the Chief Court Administrator, such appeals, including pretrial motions, shall be heard by such assigned judges in the judicial district in which such judge is sitting. Appeals taken pursuant to this subsection shall be privileged cases to be heard by the court as soon after the return day as is practicable. Except as otherwise provided in this section, appeals involving an affordable housing application shall proceed in conformance with the provisions of section 8-8 , 8-9 , 8-28 or 8-30a , as applicable.

(g) Upon an appeal taken under subsection (f) of this section, the burden shall be on the commission to prove, based upon the evidence in the record compiled before such commission, that the decision from which such appeal is taken and the reasons cited for such decision are supported by sufficient evidence in the record. The commission shall also have the burden to prove, based upon the evidence in the record compiled before such commission, that (1) (A) the decision is necessary to protect substantial public interests in health, safety or other matters which the commission may legally consider; (B) such public interests clearly outweigh the need for affordable housing; and (C) such public interests cannot be protected by reasonable changes to the affordable housing development, or (2) (A) the application which was the subject of the decision from which such appeal was taken would locate affordable housing in an area which is zoned for industrial use and which does not permit residential uses; and (B) the development is not assisted housing. If the commission does not satisfy its burden of proof under this subsection, the court shall wholly or partly revise, modify, remand or reverse the decision from which the appeal was taken in a manner consistent with the evidence in the record before it.

(h) Following a decision by a commission to reject an affordable housing application or to approve an application with restrictions which have a substantial adverse impact on the viability of the affordable housing development or the degree of affordability of the affordable dwelling units, the applicant may, within the period for filing an appeal of such decision, submit to the commission a proposed modification of its proposal responding to some or all of the objections or restrictions articulated by the commission, which shall be treated as an amendment to the original proposal. The day of receipt of such a modification shall be determined in the same manner as the day of receipt is determined for an original application. The filing of such a proposed modification shall stay the period for filing an appeal from the decision of the commission on the original application. The commission shall hold a public hearing on the proposed modification if it held a public hearing on the original application and may hold a public hearing on the proposed modification if it did not hold a public hearing on the original application. The commission shall render a decision on the proposed modification not later than sixty-five days after the receipt of such proposed modification, provided, if, in connection with a modification submitted under this subsection, the applicant applies for a permit for an activity regulated pursuant to sections 22a-36 to 22a-45 , inclusive, and the time for a decision by the commission on such modification under this subsection would lapse prior to the thirty-fifth day after a decision by an inland wetlands and watercourses agency, the time period for decision by the commission on the modification under this subsection shall be extended to thirty-five days after the decision of such agency. The commission shall issue notice of its decision as provided by law. Failure of the commission to render a decision within said sixty-five days or subsequent extension period permitted by this subsection shall constitute a rejection of the proposed modification. Within the time period for filing an appeal on the proposed modification as set forth in section 8-8 , 8-9 , 8-28 or 8-30a , as applicable, the applicant may appeal the commission's decision on the original application and the proposed modification in the manner set forth in this section. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit the right of an applicant to appeal the original decision of the commission in the manner set forth in this section without submitting a proposed modification or to limit the issues which may be raised in any appeal under this section.

(i) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to preclude any right of appeal under the provisions of section 8-8 , 8-9 , 8-28 or 8-30a .

(j) A commission or its designated authority shall have, with respect to compliance of an affordable housing development with the provisions of this chapter, the same powers and remedies provided to commissions by section 8-12 .

(k) The affordable housing appeals procedure established under this section shall not be available if the real property which is the subject of the application is located in a municipality in which at least ten per cent of all dwelling units in the municipality are (1) assisted housing, (2) currently financed by Connecticut Housing Finance Authority mortgages, (3) subject to binding recorded deeds containing covenants or restrictions which require that such dwelling units be sold or rented at, or below, prices which will preserve the units as housing for which persons and families pay thirty per cent or less of income, where such income is less than or equal to eighty per cent of the median income, (4) mobile manufactured homes located in mobile manufactured home parks or legally approved accessory apartments, which homes or apartments are subject to binding recorded deeds containing covenants or restrictions which require that such dwelling units be sold or rented at, or below, prices which will preserve the units as housing for which, for a period of not less than ten years, persons and families pay thirty per cent or less of income, where such income is less than or equal to eighty per cent of the median income, or (5) mobile manufactured homes located in resident-owned mobile manufactured home parks. For the purposes of calculating the total number of dwelling units in a municipality, accessory apartments built or permitted after January 1, 2022, but that are not described in subdivision (4) of this subsection, shall not be counted toward such total number. The municipalities meeting the criteria set forth in this subsection shall be listed in the report submitted under section 8-37qqq . As used in this subsection, “accessory apartment” has the same meaning as provided in section 8-1a , and “resident-owned mobile manufactured home park” means a mobile manufactured home park consisting of mobile manufactured homes located on land that is deed restricted, and, at the time of issuance of a loan for the purchase of such land, such loan required seventy-five per cent of the units to be leased to persons with incomes equal to or less than eighty per cent of the median income, and either (A) forty per cent of said seventy-five per cent to be leased to persons with incomes equal to or less than sixty per cent of the median income, or (B) twenty per cent of said seventy-five per cent to be leased to persons with incomes equal to or less than fifty per cent of the median income.

(l) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, the affordable housing appeals procedure established under this section shall not be applicable to an affordable housing application filed with a commission during a moratorium, which shall commence after (A) a certification of affordable housing project completion issued by the commissioner is published in the Connecticut Law Journal, or (B) notice of a provisional approval is published pursuant to subdivision (4) of this subsection. Any such moratorium shall be for a period of four years, except that for any municipality that has (i) twenty thousand or more dwelling units, as reported in the most recent United States decennial census, and (ii) previously qualified for a moratorium in accordance with this section, any subsequent moratorium shall be for a period of five years. Any moratorium that is in effect on October 1, 2002, is extended by one year.

(2) Such moratorium shall not apply to (A) affordable housing applications for assisted housing in which ninety-five per cent of the dwelling units are restricted to persons and families whose income is less than or equal to sixty per cent of the median income, (B) other affordable housing applications for assisted housing containing forty or fewer dwelling units, or (C) affordable housing applications which were filed with a commission pursuant to this section prior to the date upon which the moratorium takes effect.

(3) Eligible units completed before a moratorium has begun, but that were not counted toward establishing eligibility for such moratorium, may be counted toward establishing eligibility for a subsequent moratorium. Eligible units completed after a moratorium has begun may be counted toward establishing eligibility for a subsequent moratorium.

(4) (A) The commissioner shall issue a certificate of affordable housing project completion for the purposes of this subsection upon finding that there has been completed within the municipality one or more affordable housing developments which create housing unit-equivalent points equal to (i) the greater of two per cent of all dwelling units in the municipality, as reported in the most recent United States decennial census, or seventy-five housing unit-equivalent points, or (ii) for any municipality that has (I) adopted an affordable housing plan in accordance with section 8-30j , (II) twenty thousand or more dwelling units, as reported in the most recent United States decennial census, and (III) previously qualified for a moratorium in accordance with this section, one and one-half per cent of all dwelling units in the municipality, as reported in the most recent United States decennial census.

(B) A municipality may apply for a certificate of affordable housing project completion pursuant to this subsection by applying in writing to the commissioner, and including documentation showing that the municipality has accumulated the required number of points within the applicable time period. Such documentation shall include the location of each dwelling unit being counted, the number of points each dwelling unit has been assigned, and the reason, pursuant to this subsection, for assigning such points to such dwelling unit. Upon receipt of such application, the commissioner shall promptly cause a notice of the filing of the application to be published in the Connecticut Law Journal, stating that public comment on such application shall be accepted by the commissioner for a period of thirty days after the publication of such notice. Not later than ninety days after the receipt of such application, the commissioner shall either approve or reject such application. Such approval or rejection shall be accompanied by a written statement of the reasons for approval or rejection, pursuant to the provisions of this subsection. If the application is approved, the commissioner shall promptly cause a certificate of affordable housing project completion to be published in the Connecticut Law Journal. If the commissioner fails to either approve or reject the application within such ninety-day period, such application shall be deemed provisionally approved, and the municipality may cause notice of such provisional approval to be published in a conspicuous manner in a daily newspaper having general circulation in the municipality, in which case, such moratorium shall take effect upon such publication. The municipality shall send a copy of such notice to the commissioner. Such provisional approval shall remain in effect unless the commissioner subsequently acts upon and rejects the application, in which case the moratorium shall terminate upon notice to the municipality by the commissioner.

(5) For the purposes of this subsection, “elderly units” are dwelling units whose occupancy is restricted by age, “family units” are dwelling units whose occupancy is not restricted by age, and “resident-owned mobile manufactured home park” has the same meaning as provided in subsection (k) of this section.

(6) For the purposes of this subsection, housing unit-equivalent points shall be determined by the commissioner as follows: (A) No points shall be awarded for a unit unless its occupancy is restricted to persons and families whose income is equal to or less than eighty per cent of the median income, except that (i) unrestricted units in a set-aside development shall be awarded one-quarter point each; and (ii) dwelling units in middle housing developed as of right pursuant to section 8-2s shall be awarded one-quarter point each. (B) Family units restricted to persons and families whose income is equal to or less than eighty per cent of the median income shall be awarded one point if an ownership unit and one and one-half points if a rental unit. (C) Family units restricted to persons and families whose income is equal to or less than sixty per cent of the median income shall be awarded one and one-half points if an ownership unit and two points if a rental unit. (D) Family units restricted to persons and families whose income is equal to or less than forty per cent of the median income shall be awarded two points if an ownership unit and two and one-half points if a rental unit. (E) Elderly units restricted to persons and families whose income is equal to or less than eighty per cent of the median income shall be awarded one-half point. (F) A set-aside development containing family units which are rental units shall be awarded additional points equal to twenty-two per cent of the total points awarded to such development, provided the application for such development was filed with the commission prior to July 6, 1995. (G) A mobile manufactured home in a resident-owned mobile manufactured home park shall be awarded points as follows: One and one-half points when occupied by persons and families with an income equal to or less than eighty per cent of the median income; two points when occupied by persons and families with an income equal to or less than sixty per cent of the median income; and one-fourth point for the remaining units.

(7) Points shall be awarded only for dwelling units which (A) were newly-constructed units in an affordable housing development, as that term was defined at the time of the affordable housing application, for which a certificate of occupancy was issued after July 1, 1990, (B) were newly subjected after July 1, 1990, to deeds containing covenants or restrictions which require that, for at least the duration required by subsection (a) of this section for set-aside developments on the date when such covenants or restrictions took effect, such dwelling units shall be sold or rented at, or below, prices which will preserve the units as affordable housing for persons or families whose income does not exceed eighty per cent of the median income, or (C) are located in a resident-owned mobile manufactured home park.

(8) Points shall be subtracted, applying the formula in subdivision (6) of this subsection, for any affordable dwelling unit which, on or after July 1, 1990, was affected by any action taken by a municipality which caused such dwelling unit to cease being counted as an affordable dwelling unit.

(9) A newly-constructed unit shall be counted toward a moratorium when it receives a certificate of occupancy. A newly-restricted unit shall be counted toward a moratorium when its deed restriction takes effect.

(10) The affordable housing appeals procedure shall be applicable to affordable housing applications filed with a commission after a three-year moratorium expires, except (A) as otherwise provided in subsection (k) of this section, or (B) when sufficient unit-equivalent points have been created within the municipality during one moratorium to qualify for a subsequent moratorium.

(11) The commissioner shall, within available appropriations, adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to carry out the purposes of this subsection. Such regulations shall specify the procedure to be followed by a municipality to obtain a moratorium, and shall include the manner in which a municipality is to document the units to be counted toward a moratorium. A municipality may apply for a moratorium in accordance with the provisions of this subsection prior to, as well as after, such regulations are adopted.

(m) The commissioner shall, pursuant to regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, promulgate model deed restrictions which satisfy the requirements of this section. A municipality may waive any fee which would otherwise be required for the filing of any long-term affordability deed restriction on the land records.

Court held that legislature intended statute's appeals procedure to apply to defendant's legislative decision to grant or deny a zone change in connection with an affordable housing proposal. 228 C. 498. Cited. 232 C. 122. Denial by planning commission of master plan for affordable housing development does not invalidate appeal of decision by zoning commission denying proposed changes to zoning regulations and map because viability of such changes not dependent on viability of such master plan. 271 C. 1. Denial of sewer application by water pollution control authority is valid reason for denial of subdivision application for affordable housing development by the planning commission and commission has no authority to approve subdivision application on condition sewer application is approved. Id., 41. Statutory scheme for historic districts created to safeguard public interest in historic preservation contains no indication that this interest includes consideration of the potential visibility from the historic district of a building or structure that would be located in another zoning district entirely; where application to develop affordable housing units on subject property included application for zoning regulation text amendment for entire zone district, this section did not govern plaintiff's request for zone text amendment to zoning regulations governing any property other than subject property. 349 C. 647.

The narrow rigorous standard of section dictates that commission cannot deny an application on broad grounds such as noncompliance with zoning. 37 CA 303. Cited. Id., 788. Court construed language of section to apply to every type of application filed with a commission in connection with an affordable housing project whether application is submitted to change zoning at a particular site or to build affordable housing on land previously zoned for that purpose. 42 CA 94. Burden of proof on commission to show by specific evidence that denial was necessary to protect substantial public interests in health and safety or that public interests clearly outweighed need for affordable housing. 59 CA 608. Statute requires applicant in an affordable housing appeal to prove that he or she is aggrieved pursuant to Sec. 8-8(b). 66 CA 631.

Subsec. (a):

Plaintiff's floating zone creation application and its accompanying single page conceptual site plan failed to satisfy definitional requirement to be considered an “affordable housing development” because it failed to demonstrate that it received or should be receiving financial assistance under any governmental program for its development and, in the alternative, the conceptual site plan also did not indicate an intention to restrict the deed language in accordance with the definitional language in section. 142 CA 300.

Subsec. (f) (former Subsec. (b)):

Statute provides no right of direct appeal to Appellate Court from a final judgment of Superior Court and, as in other zoning cases, such an appeal requires certification by Appellate Court as required in Sec. 8-8(o). 245 C. 257.

To have statutory standing to bring an affordable housing appeal under Subsec., plaintiff was required to establish that defendant's approval of plan with modifications created a substantial adverse impact either on the viability of the planned affordable housing development or on the degree of affordability of the planned units. 139 CA 256.

Subsec. (g) (former Subsec. (c)):

When a town renders a decision, it shall identify those specific public interests that it seeks to protect by the decision; Subparas. (B), (C) and (D) of Subdiv. (1) require the same defendant's burden as Subpara. (A), namely, to establish that decision and reasons cited therein are supported by sufficient evidence in the record; court's function in an appeal is to apply the scope of judicial review as expressed in Subparas. (A), (B), (C) and (D) to the pertinent determinations made by zoning commission; Subpara. (A) states the general scope of review, drawn from traditional zoning principles, that applies to Subparas. (B), (C) and (D); each of the Subparas. in Subdiv. (1) embodies the “sufficient evidence” standard; judicial review must be based on the zoning record returned to the court, not on the basis of a trial de novo; need for affordable housing is determined by the need for such housing in the local community, not by regional or statewide housing needs. 249 C. 566. Legislature intended that commission bear burden of proving that the public interest cannot be protected by reasonable changes to applicant's proposed development and such burden is not inconsistent with Sec. 22a-19. 256 C. 674. Statute requires board to make a collective statement of its reasons on the record when it denies an affordable housing land use application, including a denial based on the industrial zone exemption. 259 C. 675. Application of legal standards set forth in Subsec. is mixed question of law and fact subject to plenary review by court and the court is not limited to review of commission decision to determine if supported by sufficient evidence. 271 C. 1. Trial court's remand order to defendant zoning commission was not an appealable final judgment in a matter where remand order required commission to conduct further evidentiary proceedings and thereafter commission retained discretion to grant or deny plaintiff's application. 284 C. 124.

The goals of affordable housing can be satisfied by conditional approvals; since a conditional approval can protect against the risk of harm to the public interests, it was proper for the trial court to order commission to grant plaintiff's amended application on condition that plaintiff obtain approval from the water pollution authority, even if there was no evidence that the other agency would act favorably. 124 CA 379. Court has power to correct application defects arising from noncompliance with statutory requirements, and is not limited to defects re municipal regulations. 125 CA 665. In reviewing affordable housing appeal, court must determine whether the record establishes that there is more than a mere theoretical possibility, but not necessarily a likelihood, of a specific harm to the public interest if the application is granted; reasons cited by zoning commission for denial of affordable housing application not supported by sufficient evidence of a quantifiable probability that a specific harm would result if application were granted. 130 CA 36. Establishment of town-wide standards for road construction is matter of public health and safety that commission may properly consider, but any deviation from those standards does not constitute “per se” ground for denial of affordable housing application; court authorized under Subsec. to remand matter to commission with direction to grant modified application “as is”. 162 CA 678; judgment affirmed, see 326 C. 55.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-365 — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 138c / Section 8-365
Sec. 8-365. State financial assistance to municipalities with programs for financing of low and moderate income rental housing.
Status: in_force

(b) In order to be eligible for grants made pursuant to this section, a municipal program must: (1) Provide for a separate and distinct fund for any moneys received for or dedicated to such program, which fund shall not lapse at the end of the municipal fiscal year; (2) allow for unrestricted direct contributions from private persons, municipal funds and federal funds to such fund; and (3) include a mechanism to guarantee that a majority of the tenants in any project financed by such program shall be low and moderate income families.

(c) Any grant made by the commissioner shall be in an amount equal to fifty per cent of all such funds deposited in a municipal fund from private persons.

(d) The Commissioner of Housing shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to implement the provisions of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-37bb — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 127c / Section 8-37bb
Sec. 8-37bb. Annual report re fair housing choice and racial and economic integration.
Status: in_force

(b) Each report submitted under this section shall also document the efforts of the agency in promoting fair housing choice and racial and economic integration and shall include data on the racial composition of the occupants and persons on the waiting list of each housing project which is assisted under any housing program established by the general statutes or special act or which is supervised by the agency. The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to require disclosure of such information by any occupant or person on a waiting list.

(c) The report shall be submitted to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing and, upon request, to any member of the General Assembly. A summary of the report shall be submitted to each member of the General Assembly if the summary is two pages or less and a notification of the report shall be submitted to each member if the summary is more than two pages. Submission shall be by mailing the report, summary or notification to the legislative address of each member of the committee or the General Assembly, as applicable.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-268 — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 135 / Section 8-268
Sec. 8-268. Payment for displacement expenses and losses. Moving expenses and dislocation allowances. Fixed payments. Landlord's responsibility in certain cases.
Status: in_force

(b) Any displaced person eligible for payments under subsection (a) of this section who is displaced from a dwelling and who elects to accept the payments authorized by this subsection in lieu of the payments authorized by subsection (a) of this section may receive a moving expense allowance, determined according to a schedule established by the state agency, not to exceed three hundred dollars and a dislocation allowance of two hundred dollars.

(c) Any displaced person eligible for payments under subsection (a) of this section who is displaced from the person's place of business or from the person's farm operation and who elects to accept the payment authorized by this subsection in lieu of the payment authorized by subsection (a) of this section, may receive a fixed payment in an amount equal to the average annual net earnings of the business or farm operation, except that such payment shall not be less than two thousand five hundred dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars. In the case of a business no payment shall be made under this subsection unless the state agency is satisfied that the business (1) cannot be relocated without a substantial loss of its existing patronage, and (2) is not a part of a commercial enterprise having at least one other establishment not being acquired by the state, which is engaged in the same or similar business. For purposes of this subsection, “average annual net earnings” means one half of any net earnings of the business or farm operation, before federal, state and local income taxes, during the two taxable years immediately preceding the taxable year in which such business or farm operation moves from the real property acquired for such project, or during such other period as such agency determines to be more equitable for establishing such earnings, and includes any compensation paid by the business or farm operation to the owner, the owner's spouse or the owner's dependents during such period.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, in the case of displacement of a person on or after October 1, 2007, because of acquisition of real property by a redevelopment agency pursuant to section 8-128 , a development agency pursuant to section 8-193 , or an implementing agency pursuant to section 32-224 , pursuant to a redevelopment plan approved under chapter 130 or a development plan approved under chapter 132 or 588 l , the agency shall make relocation payments as provided under the federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, 42 USC 4601 et seq. and any subsequent amendments thereto and regulations promulgated thereunder if payments under said act and regulations would be greater than payments under this section and sections 8-269 and 8-270 .

Cited. 192 C. 207; 233 C. 296.

Cited. 5 CA 219; 19 CA 360. Issue of reimbursement expenses for business relocation is outside scope of compensation for the taking of real property and not an essential term of settlement agreement pursuant to Sec. 13a-76. 189 CA 828.

Cited. 43 CS 457.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-240r — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 133a / Section 8-240r
Sec. 8-240r. Criteria for grants to microloan generating organizations.
Status: in_force

(1) Sources and sufficiency of operating funds for the microloan generating organization;

(2) The ability of the microloan generating organization to provide the services required under section 8-240q ; and

(3) The proven ability of the microloan generating organization to identify and prepare successful applicants to economic assistance programs similar to the program established in section 8-240q .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-214d — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 133 / Section 8-214d
Sec. 8-214d. State financial assistance for establishing community housing land bank and land trust. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) A nonprofit corporation holding title to real property acquired with state financial assistance made under this section may convey title to or transfer interests in such real property to very low, low and moderate income families, limited equity cooperatives or other corporations, provided (1) the terms and conditions of any instrument conveying such title requires that any structures and improvements situated upon such real property be developed and used solely for the purpose of housing for very low, low or moderate income families, which may include the development of multifamily dwellings in which a portion of the units are not subject to income or rent restrictions. Such terms and conditions, in the discretion of the commissioner and with the approval of the State Bond Commission, may be subordinated in the case of a subsequent first mortgage or a requirement of a governmental program relating to such real property, (2) such title is conveyed or such interest is transferred in accordance with written policies of the nonprofit corporation governing conveyances of title and transfers of interest in real property, and (3) the nonprofit corporation shall have first option to purchase any structures and improvements transferred at a below-market price agreed to at the time of such transfer. A nonprofit corporation holding title to real property acquired with state financial assistance made under this section for which a declaration of condominium has been filed may transfer the units in such condominium to (A) another eligible nonprofit corporation as determined by the commissioner, or (B) very low, low or moderate income families in accordance with chapter 828, subject to deed restrictions, acceptable to the commissioner, requiring that the units be used solely for the purpose of housing for very low, low and moderate income families, provided in the case of a transfer under subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, the original nonprofit corporation shall have first option to purchase the unit at a below-market price agreed to at the time of acquisition of the unit by the family.

(c) (1) A nonprofit corporation existing on or after October 1, 1991, and holding title to real property acquired with state financial assistance made under this section may convey title to such real property, with the approval of the commissioner, to a community land trust corporation. (2) A nonprofit corporation holding title to real property which has been acquired with state financial assistance under this section for the existing and future needs of very low, low or moderate income families, may, with the approval of the commissioner and in accordance with its written policies governing conveyances of title, convey title to such real property to another nonprofit corporation or other entity. Any proceeds from the conveyance of title to such real property to such other entity shall be deposited in the Community Housing Land Bank and Land Trust Fund established under section 8-214c .

(d) A nonprofit corporation existing on or after October 1, 1991, and holding title to real property acquired with state financial assistance made under this section, may lease such real property, with the approval of the commissioner, to a partnership, as defined in section 34-301 , or a limited partnership, as defined in section 34-9 , provided the nonprofit corporation has a material role in such partnership or limited partnership. The terms of any such lease shall require that such real property be developed and used solely for the purpose of housing for very low, low and moderate income families. The lessee may hold title to any building or improvement situated on real property acquired with financial assistance made under this section, provided the nonprofit corporation holding title to such real property shall have first option to purchase any building or improvement that the lessee may place on such real property at a below-market price set forth in the lease.

(e) If a nonprofit corporation fails to develop the project in accordance with the development plan for the project and title to the land or interests in land acquired with state financial assistance under this section vests in the state pursuant to a default, foreclosure action, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, voluntary transfer, or other similar voluntary or compulsory action, the commissioner may, upon approval of the State Bond Commission, convey such land or interests in land to the municipality in which the land or interests in land is located. The municipality shall use the land or interests in land, or shall cause the land or interests in land to be used for, or in conjunction with, activities related to, or similar to, any program administered by the commissioner pursuant to state or federal law.

(f) The Commissioner of Housing shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of sections 8-214b to 8-214e , inclusive. Such regulations shall include, without limitation, provisions concerning the terms and conditions of such grants-in-aid, loans or deferred loans and the conditions for approval of the articles of incorporation or basic documents of organization of a nonprofit corporation applying for assistance under said sections.

(g) As used in this section, housing-related services and facilities includes, but is not limited to, administrative, community, health, recreational, educational and child-care facilities relevant to an affordable housing development, as defined by the commissioner in regulations adopted in accordance with chapter 54.

(h) (1) On and after June 2, 2016, until January 1, 2023, the Commissioner of Housing may make a determination, based upon a full examination of the circumstances, that a nonprofit corporation is unable to develop or manage the land or interests in land acquired with state financial assistance under this section. Upon such a determination, the commissioner may (A) cause title to the land or interests in land acquired with state financial assistance under this section to vest in the state by foreclosure, voluntary transfer or other similar voluntary or compulsory action, or (B) approve the conveyance of such land or such interests in land by such nonprofit corporation, with concurring approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. An approval of the conveyance of land or interests in land pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this subdivision may (i) authorize the transfer of the land or interests in land to the low and moderate income families that reside on such land, and (ii) establish such terms and conditions for such conveyance as the commissioner deems appropriate under each particular transaction, including, but not limited to, determining whether any restrictions in the deed or deeds for the land or interests in land shall be modified, removed or released upon such conveyance.

(2) The commissioner shall authorize the conveyance of land or interests in land under subdivision (1) of this subsection in no more than two locations within the city of Middletown.

See Secs. 47-301 to 47-304, inclusive, re community land trusts.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-127a — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 130 / Section 8-127a
Sec. 8-127a. Limits on redevelopment agency's use of eminent domain under a redevelopment plan.
Status: in_force

(2) The redevelopment agency shall conduct a public hearing on any proposed acquisition of real property by eminent domain. The redevelopment agency shall cause notice of the time, place and subject of the hearing to be published in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in the municipality not more than ten days before the date set for the hearing. Not less than ten days before the date of the hearing, the redevelopment agency shall send, by first class mail, notice of the time, place and subject of the hearing to the owners of record of the real property and to all owners of real property within one hundred feet of the real property to be acquired by eminent domain.

(3) (A) No parcel of real property may be acquired by eminent domain under section 8-128 , pursuant to a redevelopment plan under this chapter, except by approval by vote of a majority of the members of the redevelopment agency. Such approval shall be by (i) separate vote on each parcel of real property to be acquired, or (ii) a vote on one or more groups of such parcels, provided each parcel to be acquired is identified for the purposes of a vote on a group of such parcels under this subparagraph. The redevelopment agency shall not approve the use of eminent domain unless the redevelopment agency has (I) considered the benefits to the public and any private entity that will result from the redevelopment project and determined that the public benefits outweigh any private benefits, (II) determined that the current use of the real property cannot be feasibly integrated into the overall redevelopment plan, and (III) determined that the acquisition of the real property by eminent domain is reasonably necessary to successfully achieve the objectives of the redevelopment plan.

(B) The redevelopment agency shall cause notice of any approved acquisition by eminent domain under this subdivision to be published in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in the municipality not more than ten days after such approval.

(C) (i) The redevelopment agency shall acquire any property identified in the plan as property to be acquired by eminent domain by a date that is five years after the date the first property is acquired by eminent domain under the plan unless the redevelopment agency approves an extension of the time for acquisition, except that no property may be acquired by eminent domain under the plan more than ten years after the first property is acquired by eminent domain under the plan.

(ii) With respect to a redevelopment plan for a project that is funded in whole or in part by federal funds, the provisions of this subparagraph shall not apply to the extent that such provisions are prohibited by federal law.

(4) The owner-occupant of property acquired by eminent domain under section 8-128 , pursuant to a redevelopment plan under this chapter, may file an application in the superior court for the judicial district in which the municipality is located to enjoin the acquisition of such property. The court may issue such injunction if the court finds that the redevelopment agency failed to comply with the requirements of this chapter. The filing of an application to enjoin the acquisition of property by eminent domain, in a court of competent jurisdiction, shall toll the five-year period or ten-year period set forth in subparagraph (C) of subdivision (3) of this subsection with respect to such property until the date a final judgment is entered in any such action, or any appeal thereof, whichever date is later.

(b) (1) With respect to real property acquired by eminent domain on or after June 25, 2007, under section 8-128 , pursuant to a redevelopment plan under this chapter, if the municipality does not use the real property for the purpose for which it was acquired or for some other public use and seeks to sell the property, the municipality shall first offer the real property for sale pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection to the person from whom the real property was acquired, or heirs of the person designated pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection, if any, for a price not to exceed the lesser of (A) the amount paid by the redevelopment agency to acquire the property, or (B) the fair market value of the property at the time of any sale under this subsection. After the municipality provides notice pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection, the municipality may not sell such property to a third party unless the municipality has permitted the person or named heirs six months during which to exercise the right to purchase the property, and an additional six months to finalize the purchase if the person or named heirs provide the municipality with notice of intent to purchase the property within the initial six-month period.

(2) For the purposes of any offer of sale pursuant to this subsection, the municipality shall provide a form to any person whose property is acquired by eminent domain pursuant to section 8-128 , pursuant to a redevelopment plan under this chapter, to permit such person to provide an address for notice of sale to be sent, or to provide the name and address of an agent to receive such notice. Such form shall be designed to permit the person to designate heirs of the person who shall be eligible to purchase such property pursuant to this subsection. The person or agent shall update information in the form in writing. If the person or agent does not provide or update the information in the form in a manner that permits the municipality to send notice of sale pursuant to this subsection, no such notice shall be required.

(3) With respect to a redevelopment plan for a project that is funded in whole or in part by federal funds, the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the extent that such provisions are prohibited by federal law.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-306 — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 137a / Section 8-306
Sec. 8-306. Municipal power to issue bonds and notes for purposes of a housing finance assistance plan.
Status: in_force

(b) A municipality shall have the power, from time to time, to issue (1) notes to renew notes and (2) bonds to pay notes, including the interest thereon and, whenever it deems refunding expedient, to refund any bonds by the issuance of new bonds, whether the bonds to be refunded have or have not matured, and to issue bonds partly to refund bonds then outstanding and partly for any of the purposes of this chapter. The refunding bonds may be exchanged for the bonds to be refunded or sold and the proceeds applied to the purchase, redemption or payment of such bonds.

(c) The notes and bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the legislative body, shall bear such date or dates and shall mature at such time or times not exceeding thirty years from the date thereof as such resolution may provide. The legislative body may designate an official or group of officials of the municipality to determine form, rates of interest and other particulars of the notes and bonds issued hereunder. The notes and bonds shall bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denominations, be in such form, either bearer or registered, carry such exchange, transfer and registration privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, be subject to such terms of redemption, and to such other terms and particulars as the resolution may provide or as the municipal official or officials designated by the legislative body may determine. The notes and bonds may be sold at public or private sale, provided if the bonds are sold at a private sale the municipality shall retain a financial advisor, which shall be a nationally recognized investment banking firm and ineligible to purchase the bonds, to review the proposed financing. The bonds may be sold at such price or prices as the legislative body or such official or officials as it designates shall determine, but the timing of such sale shall first be coordinated with the State Treasurer in order to avoid conflicts with bond sale scheduled by the state or any state agency or instrumentality.

(d) Any resolution or resolutions authorizing the issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations may contain provisions, except as expressly limited in this chapter and except as otherwise limited by existing agreements with the holders of bonds, notes or other obligations, which shall be a part of the contract with the holders thereof, as to the following: (1) The pledging of all or any part of the moneys received by the municipality in payment of mortgage loans and interest thereon, and other moneys received or to be received, to secure the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds, notes or other obligations or of any issue thereof; (2) the pledging of all or any part of the assets acquired by the municipality pursuant to the housing finance assistance plan, including but not limited to mortgages and other obligations securing the same, to secure the payment of the principal and interest on any bonds, notes or other obligations or of any issue thereof; (3) the use and disposition of the gross income from, and the payments of principal received by the municipality on, mortgages held by the municipality; (4) the establishment of reserves or sinking funds, the making of charges and fees to provide for the same, and the regulation and disposition thereof; (5) limitations on the purpose to which the proceeds of sale of bonds, notes or other obligations may be applied and pledging such proceeds to secure the payment of the bonds, notes or other obligations, or of any issue thereof; (6) limitations on the issuance of additional bonds, notes or other obligations; the terms upon which additional bonds, notes or other obligations may be issued and secured; and the refunding or purchase of outstanding bonds, notes or other obligations; (7) the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with the holders of any bonds, notes or other obligations may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds, notes or other obligations the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given; (8) limitations on the amount of moneys to be expended by the municipality for operating, administrative or other expenses of the housing finance assistance plan; (9) the vesting in a trustee or trustees of such property, rights, powers and duties in trust as the municipality may determine, which may include any or all of the rights, powers and duties of any trustee appointed by the holders of any bonds, notes or other obligations of the municipality to appoint a trustee under this chapter or limiting the rights, powers and duties of any trustee appointed such trustee; (10) covenants to do or refrain from doing such acts and things as may be necessary or convenient or desirable in order to better secure any bonds, notes or other obligations of the municipality, or which, in the discretion of the municipality, will tend to make any bonds, notes or other obligations to be issued more marketable notwithstanding that such covenants, acts or things may not be enumerated herein; and (11) any other matters of like or different character, which in any way affect the security or protection of the bonds, notes or other obligations.

(e) If the resolution of a municipality authorizing the issuance of bonds or notes so states and if such resolution is published in a newspaper having general circulation in the municipality within twenty-one days after passage, the validity of such bonds or notes may be contested only if an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within thirty days after the date of publication of such resolution.

(f) Any pledge made by the municipality shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made, and the revenues or property so pledged and thereafter received by the municipality shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act. The lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the municipality, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created need be recorded.

(g) Neither the officials nor members of the legislative body of the municipality nor any other authorized person executing such notes or bonds shall be subject to any personal liability by reason of the issuance thereof.

(h) The municipality, subject to such agreements with noteholders or bondholders as may then exist, shall have power, out of any funds available therefor, to purchase notes or bonds, which shall thereupon be cancelled, at a price not exceeding (1) if the notes or bonds are then redeemable, the redemption price then applicable plus accrued interest to the next interest payment date thereof, or (2) if the notes or bonds are not then redeemable, the redemption price applicable on the first date after such purchase upon which the notes or bonds become subject to redemption plus accrued interest to such date.

(i) In the discretion of the legislative body, the bonds may be secured by a trust indenture by and between the municipality and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. Such trust indenture may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the municipality in relation to the exercise of its powers pursuant to this chapter and the custody, safeguarding and application of all moneys. The municipality may provide by such trust indenture for the payment to the trustee under such trust indenture or to any other depository of the proceeds of the bonds and the revenues of the municipality under the housing finance assistance plan, and for the method of disbursement thereof, with such safeguards and restrictions as it may determine. All expenses incurred in carrying out such trust indenture may be treated as a part of the operating expenses of the housing finance assistance plan. If the bonds shall be secured by a trust indenture, the bondholders shall have no authority to appoint a separate trustee to represent them.

(j) Whether or not the notes and bonds are of such form and character as to be negotiable instruments under the terms of the Uniform Commercial Code, the notes and bonds are hereby made negotiable instruments within the meaning of and for all purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code, subject only to the provisions of the notes and bonds for registration.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-216a — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 133 / Section 8-216a
Sec. 8-216a. Capitalized value of net rental income, basis for property valuation.
Status: in_force

(b) Any modification, amendment, or replacement of a contract already in existence on or before October 1, 1973, shall not be subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section without the mutual consent of the parties thereto.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-265kk — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 134 / Section 8-265kk
Sec. 8-265kk. Establishment of component program. Notification to participating homeowners of unavailability of funds.
Status: in_force

(b) If funds are not available to provide emergency mortgage or lien assistance payments to homeowners in accordance with sections 8-265cc to 8-265kk , inclusive, the authority shall post on the authority's Internet web site a notice for the benefit of all mortgagees and lienholders and shall thereafter discontinue accepting applications for emergency mortgage or lien assistance payment. Upon posting such notice, and until a subsequent notice is posted by the authority on the authority's Internet web site disclosing that such funds are again available and applications for such assistance payments are again being accepted by the authority, (1) mortgagees may commence foreclosure actions without first providing the notice set forth in subsection (a) of section 8-265ee , and (2) the foreclosure of mortgages and liens by mortgagees or lienholders may continue without any further restriction or requirement under the provisions of sections 8-265cc to 8-265kk , inclusive.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-208b — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 133 / Section 8-208b
Sec. 8-208b. Neighborhood Housing Services Program Fund. State assistance. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(b) In order to stimulate development of partnerships of the public and private sectors of the urban community committed to stemming neighborhood decline, the state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with any duly organized neighborhood housing services corporation in the state. Such contract shall provide for state financial assistance in the form of a state grant-in-aid equal to twice the amount of the federal grant-in-aid received by such corporation but not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars.

(c) “Neighborhood housing services program” means a program developed by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation of the United States government to stimulate reinvestment in the urban neighborhood. “Neighborhood housing services corporation” means a private, nonprofit, community based corporation organized pursuant to the establishment of a neighborhood housing services program. The significant features of a neighborhood housing services corporation include: (1) Government by a local board of directors composed of neighborhood residents and financial industry representatives; (2) use of a revolving loan fund to make loans to residents of the neighborhood who cannot meet normal commercial credit requirements for the purpose of bringing homes in the neighborhood up to code standards; (3) contributions to the loan fund by, among others, foundations, local business and industry, local government and the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; and (4) operation of a systematic housing inspection and code compliance program for homeowners which includes rehabilitation counseling, construction monitoring and financial counseling.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-19 — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 126 / Section 8-19
Sec. 8-19. Creation of planning commissions. Exemption re certain affordable housing.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, any municipality, by ordinance adopted by its legislative body, may exempt from the subdivision regulations in such municipality adopted pursuant to this chapter the first subdivision of land by a landowner, provided the lot created is for affordable housing to be developed by the municipality or a nonprofit organization. The ordinance shall also provide that (1) any further subdivision of such lot shall not be exempt from the subdivision regulations, and (2) any exemption under this section shall be in addition to any other exemption authorized under section 8-26 and shall not be construed as exercising any right under any other exemption.

See Sec. 8-1b re prohibition against planning commission members serving as alternate members of zoning commission or combined planning and zoning commission.

See Sec. 9-1 for applicable definitions.

See Sec. 9-209 re certification of terms of office and number of members of planning and zoning boards or commissions.

See Sec. 22a-354n re delineation of aquifer protection areas on maps.

Cited. 144 C. 117; 148 C. 517; 152 C. 304; 162 C. 238; 166 C. 207. Election or appointment of one member of a commission, board or authority as chairman does not by itself make that member the head of the relevant department. 184 C. 1. Vote of a salaried municipal officer although invalid under this section and Sec. 8-4a did not invalidate commission's entire action in approving a zone reclassification when total valid votes were sufficient. 196 C. 192.

Statute providing for town plan commission not unconstitutional. 13 CS 62.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-9 — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 124 / Section 8-9
Sec. 8-9. Appeals from zoning commissions and planning and zoning commissions. Review by Appellate Court.
Status: in_force

Cited. 136 C. 90; 143 C. 280; 145 C. 218, 237, 416, 435; 146 C. 665; 148 C. 33. Standard used by court in reviewing action of zoning commission. 148 C. 172. Cited. 149 C. 681; 151 C. 484; 155 C. 365; 157 C. 522. Determination that keeping of chickens and goats was not an “accessory use” to residential property was within discretion of local zoning board and, where board did not act illegally or in abuse of its discretion, will not be reversed on appeal. 158 C. 509. This section and Sec. 8-8 govern appeals from final zoning authority of municipality. 159 C. 1. Amendment of Sec. 8-8 is operative as to this adopting statute and does not remain unmodified in relation to this statute. 160 C. 239, 249. Cited. 162 C. 74; 165 C. 185; 168 C. 285; 173 C. 408; 174 C. 493; 179 C. 250; 186 C. 106; 211 C. 85; 214 C. 400; 221 C. 374; 225 C. 731; 226 C. 80; Id., 230; 232 C. 122; Id., 419.

Cited. 2 CA 506; Id., 595; 3 CA 172; Id., 576; 4 CA 271; 5 CA 520; 6 CA 317; 43 CA 606.

Cited. 17 CS 116; 19 CS 29. This section and Secs. 8-3 and 8-8 are not so linked that date of publication of notice must be considered as date decision was rendered. 26 CS 88. Plaintiffs' claim that logic dictates that legislature did not intend that there should be an inconsistent procedure relative to appeal from decisions of zoning boards of appeal and zoning boards and that therefore running of appeal period in case of zoning regulation should be contingent on statutory publication is without merit. Id., 90. Equitable relief outside the framework of appeal procedure set up by statute might be granted in the presence of allegations of fraudulent connivance or collusion on the part of local zoning board of appeals; plaintiffs have been granted equitable relief when the zoning authority lacked the jurisdiction to take the action which plaintiff was challenging; equitable relief by way of an injunction will not be granted if the court finds that the legal remedy afforded by statute has not been exhausted. 26 CS 334. Cited. 38 CS 492.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-3c — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 124 / Section 8-3c
Sec. 8-3c. Special permits, exceptions and exemptions. Hearings. Filing requirements. Expiration and extensions.
Status: in_force

(b) The zoning commission or combined planning and zoning commission of any municipality shall hold a public hearing on an application or request for a special permit or special exception, as provided in section 8-2 , and on an application for a special exemption under section 8-2g . Such hearing shall be held in accordance with the provisions of section 8-7d . The commission shall not render a decision on the application until the inland wetlands agency has submitted a report with its final decision to such commission. In making its decision the zoning commission shall give due consideration to the report of the inland wetlands agency. Such commission shall decide upon such application or request within the period of time permitted under section 8-7d . Whenever a commission grants or denies a special permit or special exception, it shall state upon its records the reason for its decision. Notice of the decision of the commission shall be published in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in the municipality and addressed by certified mail to the person who requested or applied for a special permit or special exception, by its secretary or clerk, under his signature in any written, printed, typewritten or stamped form, within fifteen days after such decision has been rendered. In any case in which such notice is not published within such fifteen-day period, the person who requested or applied for such special permit or special exception may provide for the publication of such notice within ten days thereafter. Such permit or exception shall become effective upon the filing of a copy thereof (1) in the office of the town, city or borough clerk, as the case may be, but, in the case of a district, in the offices of both the district clerk and the town clerk of the town in which such district is located, and (2) in the land records of the town in which the affected premises are located, in accordance with the provisions of section 8-3d .

(c) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, any special permit or special exception approval made under this section prior to July 1, 2011, that has not expired prior to July 12, 2021, and that specified a deadline by which all work in connection with such approval is required to be completed, shall expire not less than nineteen years after the date of such approval and the commission may grant one or more extensions of time to complete all or part of the work in connection with such special permit or special exception.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, any special permit or special exception approval made under this section on or after July 1, 2011, but prior to June 10, 2021, that did not expire prior to March 10, 2020, and that specified a deadline by which all work in connection with such approval is required to be completed, shall expire not less than nineteen years after the date of such approval and the commission may grant one or more extensions of time to complete all or part of the work in connection with such special permit or special exception.

Cited. 206 C. 554; 218 C. 65. When approval for site plan and special exception are separate actions, provisions re statutory timelines do not apply. 253 C. 195.

Cited. 5 CA 455; 7 CA 684; 18 CA 85; 24 CA 163; 29 CA 1; 38 CA 171; 41 CA 89; 45 CA 89.

Cited. 42 CS 256.

Subsec. (b):

Cited. 213 C. 604; 220 C. 455; 224 C. 924; 227 C. 799.

Cited. 20 CA 705; 29 CA 469; 30 CA 395; judgment reversed, see 230 C. 452. Trial court properly determined that failure of planning and zoning commission to comply with statutory notice and hearing requirements entitled individual plaintiffs to automatic approval of their application for special permit and site plan approval; notice of commission hearing was invalid and because failure to give proper notice was a jurisdictional defect, action of commission in denying plaintiffs' application was void. 52 CA 763. 15-day notice requirement is substantive, not a matter of procedure or convenience. 55 CA 359.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-265gg — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 134 / Section 8-265gg
Sec. 8-265gg. Monthly payments by authority and homeowner. Periodic review of financial circumstances. Modification to amount of payment. Emergency lien assistance payments by authority. Foreclosure of lien.
Status: in_force

(b) A homeowner on whose behalf the authority is making emergency mortgage assistance payments shall, during the period in which such assistance is provided, make monthly payments to the authority in lieu of the homeowner's monthly mortgage payments. Such payments to the authority shall be: (1) In an amount which shall cause the homeowner's total housing expense to be not greater than forty-five per cent of the homeowner's aggregate family income; or (2) if greater than the amount described in subdivision (1) of this subsection, in an amount which shall cause the ratio of the homeowner's total housing expense to aggregate family income to be not greater than such ratio for the one-year period immediately preceding the date when the homeowner experienced the financial hardship beyond the homeowner's control. The homeowner shall make such payments to the authority not later than seven days before each mortgage payment is due to the mortgagee.

(c) The amount by which the emergency mortgage assistance payments made by the authority to the mortgagee exceeds the payments made by the homeowner to the authority shall be a loan in that amount made by the authority to the homeowner. Any such loan shall be evidenced by such documents as the authority may require and may be subject to repayment with interest, if any, and secured as provided in section 8-265hh .

(d) The authority shall establish procedures for periodic review of the homeowner's financial circumstances for the purpose of determining the necessity for continuation, termination or adjustment of the amount of emergency mortgage assistance payments or adjustment of the payments by the homeowner pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. Payments shall be discontinued when the authority determines that, due to changes in the homeowner's financial condition, the payments are no longer necessary in accordance with the standards contained in section 8-265ff , the maximum amount of emergency mortgage assistance payments allowed under subsection (a) of this section has been provided or the sixty-month period established under subsection (a) of this section, during which one or more emergency mortgage assistance payments were provided, has expired, whichever is sooner. A foreclosure of the homeowner's mortgage may, at any time thereafter, proceed without further restriction or requirement under sections 8-265cc to 8-265hh , inclusive. The authority may adjust payments by the homeowner pursuant to subsection (b) of this section based on a review under this subsection.

(e) If the homeowner fails to pay to the authority any amounts due under subsection (b) of this section within seven days of the date due to the authority, the authority: (1) May, at the discretion of the authority, nevertheless advance emergency mortgage assistance payments to the mortgagee; and (2) shall, upon the homeowner's request, review the homeowner's financial circumstances to determine whether the delinquency is the result of additional financial hardship due to circumstances beyond the homeowner's control. If the homeowner does not demonstrate to the satisfaction of the authority that the delinquency is the result of additional financial hardship due to circumstances beyond the homeowner's control in the homeowner's financial circumstances, the authority may terminate emergency mortgage assistance payments and the foreclosure of the homeowner's mortgage may, at any time thereafter, continue without any further restriction or requirement under sections 8-265cc to 8-265kk , inclusive. If the delinquency is the result of a change in the homeowner's financial circumstances, the authority may modify the homeowner's required monthly payments to the authority.

(f) If any mortgagee scheduled to receive payments from the authority under the provisions of sections 8-265cc to 8-265kk , inclusive, fails to receive the full amount of such payment from the authority within thirty days of the scheduled due date, or if the homeowner fails to observe and perform all of the terms, covenants and conditions of the mortgage, the mortgagee shall provide a fifteen-day notice to the authority and the foreclosure of the homeowner's mortgage may, at any time thereafter, proceed without any further restriction or requirement under sections 8-265cc to 8-265kk , inclusive.

(g) If the authority approves a homeowner for emergency lien assistance under the provisions of section 8-265ff , the authority shall make emergency lien assistance payments directly to each lienholder secured by the homeowner's real property for (1) the full amount due and payable to the lienholder under the lien, or (2) the full amount due and payable to the lienholder under the lien for the thirty-six-month period commencing on the date the first tax, water, assessment or usage charge underlying the lien became due and payable, whichever is less. Such payment may be in an amount which pays all arrearages and pays reasonable costs and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the lienholder in connection with the foreclosure of the lien.

(h) The amount of the emergency lien assistance payments made by the authority to the lienholder shall be a loan in that amount made by the authority to the homeowner. Any such loan shall be evidenced by such documents as the authority may require and shall be subject to repayment with interest and secured as provided in section 8-265hh .

(i) If any lienholder scheduled to receive payments from the authority under the provisions of sections 8-265cc to 8-265kk , inclusive, fails to receive the full amount of such payment from the authority within thirty days of the scheduled due date, or if the homeowner fails to observe and perform all of the terms, covenants and conditions of lien, the lienholder shall provide a fifteen-day notice to the authority and the foreclosure of the lien may, at any time thereafter, proceed without any further restriction or requirement under sections 8-265cc to 8-265kk , inclusive.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-116c — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 128 / Section 8-116c
Sec. 8-116c. Eligibility for occupancy. Eviction.
Status: in_force

(b) Any authority, municipal developer, nonprofit corporation or other lessor may evict any individual from such housing project who is convicted of the illegal sale or possession of a controlled substance, as defined in section 21a-240 , during the period of time the individual is residing in such housing. Such eviction shall be in accordance with the provisions of chapter 832. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the remedies of any such authority, municipal developer, nonprofit corporation or lessor under chapter 832.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-301 — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 137a / Section 8-301
Sec. 8-301. Declaration of policy.
Status: in_force

(b) It is further found and declared that unless the supply of housing and the ability of low and moderate income families and persons to obtain mortgage financing is increased significantly and expeditiously, a large number of residents of many of the state's municipalities will be compelled to live in unsanitary, overcrowded and unsafe conditions to the detriment of the health, welfare and well-being of these persons and of the whole community of which they are a part. By increasing the housing supply of the state and the ability of low and moderate income families and persons to obtain mortgage financing, the clearance, replanning, development and redevelopment of blighted areas will be aided, and the critical shortage of adequate housing will be ameliorated.

(c) It is further found and declared that the cost of mortgage financing is a major factor materially affecting the supply and cost of housing and that, notwithstanding the past and present efforts of government agencies and instrumentalities both state and federal, there continues to exist a serious shortage of low interest mortgage financing available to low and moderate income families and persons in the state. It is therefore necessary and appropriate that municipalities take steps on a local level to reduce the cost of such financing and thereby promote the purchase of decent, safe and sanitary housing and the rehabilitation of existing substandard housing by low and moderate income families and persons.

(d) It is further found and declared that the provision by municipalities of financial assistance for housing for low and moderate income families and persons through the making and purchase of mortgage loans to such families and persons for the purpose of purchasing and of rehabilitating housing, are public purposes and purposes for which public money may be expended by a municipality for the public benefit and good.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-26 — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 126 / Section 8-26
Sec. 8-26. Approval of subdivision and resubdivision plans. Waiver of certain regulation requirements. Fees. Hearing. Notice. Applications involving an inland wetland or watercourse.
Status: reserved

(b) The commission may establish a schedule of fees and charge such fees. The amount of the fees shall be sufficient to cover the costs of processing subdivision applications, including, but not limited to, the cost of registered or certified mailings and the publication of notices, and the costs of inspecting subdivision improvements. Any schedule of fees established under this section shall be superseded by fees established by ordinance under section 8-1c .

(c) The commission may hold a public hearing regarding any subdivision proposal if, in its judgment, the specific circumstances require such action. No plan of resubdivision shall be acted upon by the commission without a public hearing. Such public hearing shall be held in accordance with the provisions of section 8-7d .

(d) The commission shall approve, modify and approve, or disapprove any subdivision or resubdivision application or maps and plans submitted therewith, including existing subdivisions or resubdivisions made in violation of this section, within the period of time permitted under section 8-26d . Notice of the decision of the commission shall be published in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in the municipality and addressed by certified mail to any person applying to the commission under this section, by its secretary or clerk, under his signature in any written, printed, typewritten or stamped form, within fifteen days after such decision has been rendered. In any case in which such notice is not published within such fifteen-day period, the person who made such application may provide for the publication of such notice within ten days thereafter. Such notice shall be a simple statement that such application was approved, modified and approved or disapproved, together with the date of such action. The failure of the commission to act thereon shall be considered as an approval, and a certificate to that effect shall be issued by the commission on demand. The grounds for its action shall be stated in the records of the commission. No planning commission shall be required to consider an application for approval of a subdivision plan while another application for subdivision of the same or substantially the same parcel is pending before the commission. For the purposes of this subsection, an application is not “pending before the commission” if the commission has rendered a decision with respect to such application and such decision has been appealed to the Superior Court.

(e) If an application involves land regulated as an inland wetland or watercourse under the provisions of chapter 440, the applicant shall submit an application to the agency responsible for administration of the inland wetlands regulations no later than the day the application is filed for the subdivision or resubdivision. The commission shall, within the period of time established in section 8-7d , accept the filing of and shall process, pursuant to section 8-7d , any subdivision or resubdivision involving land regulated as an inland wetland or watercourse under chapter 440. The commission shall not render a decision until the inland wetlands agency has submitted a report with its final decision to the commission. In making its decision the commission shall give due consideration to the report of the inland wetlands agency and if the commission establishes terms and conditions for approval that are not consistent with the final decision of the inland wetlands agency, the commission shall state on the record the reason for such terms and conditions. In making a decision on an application, the commission shall consider information submitted by the applicant under subsection (b) of section 8-25 concerning passive solar energy techniques. The provisions of this section shall apply to any municipality which exercises planning power pursuant to any special act.

See Sec. 7-159b re preapplication review of use of property.

Planning commission cannot act until it adopts regulations; on adoption of regulations, a subdivision plan which complies with regulations must be approved. 141 C. 79. Master plan adopted by planning commission is controlling only as to municipal improvements and regulation of subdivisions of land. 144 C. 117. Burden of proving one is aggrieved is on plaintiff; must show special injury affecting property or other legal right. 145 C. 674. Prior to 1963 amendment, beginning date of appeal period was day of announcement of decision to interested parties. 151 C. 269. Statute not applicable to commission created by special act where said act made no provision for appeal. Id., 635. Cited. 154 C. 600, 603. Under special act where town council denied application for approval of subdivision, appellant from such decision must allege and prove his aggrievement. 155 C. 1. Parties cannot by stipulating that plaintiffs are aggrieved confer jurisdiction for appeal; proof of aggrievement is essential prerequisite to court's jurisdiction. 156 C. 505. Appeal sustained where planning board had adopted regulations contrary to provisions of Secs. 8-25 and 8-26; subdivision regulation is creature of statute and must conform to statutory provisions. Id., 540. Cited. Id., 588. Failure to publish decision within specified time, grounds for reversal. 163 C. 379. Cited. 171 C. 480; Id., 512; 172 C. 572; 176 C. 475; Id., 581; 179 C. 650; 181 C. 243. Superior Court not limited to record before planning commission on issue of aggrievement; person does not become aggrieved until board has acted. Id., 442. Cited. 184 C. 450. Where plaintiff company claimed it was entitled to a certificate of approval for a subdivision plan by operation of law on commission's failure to act within the time allowed by Sec. 8-26d, request for writ of mandamus was denied when court determined that plaintiff had withdrawn its original application. 187 C. 232. Cited. 192 C. 353; 193 C. 387. Motion to approve failed to carry, therefore application was denied; action substantially complied with requirements of section. 196 C. 676. Cited. 213 C. 604. “Pending before commission” includes commission decisions on appeal to Superior Court. 219 C. 303. Cited. Id., 511; 222 C. 380; Id., 911; Id., 912; 223 C. 171; 225 C. 432; 227 C. 71; Id., 910; 229 C. 325; 232 C. 44. Commission's vote to reject subdivision application was action within meaning of section; application could not be deemed approved for failure to act. 253 C. 381.

A motion to approve an application which fails to carry does not constitute action required by statute and is construed as failure of the commission to act. 1 CA 621. Cited. 3 CA 556; 5 CA 509; 6 CA 34; Id., 284; 7 CA 684; 8 CA 556; 12 CA 153; 16 CA 303; 18 CA 488; 21 CA 667; 22 CA 255; 23 CA 75; 25 CA 61; Id., 572; 26 CA 17; 27 CA 412; Id., 443; Id., 508; 28 CA 674; Id., 780; 29 CA 1; Id., 28; Id., 469; 30 CA 85; Id., 395; 31 CA 643; 35 CA 191; Id., 599; 37 CA 303; Id., 348; 40 CA 840; 45 CA 89. Commission's vote to reject plaintiff's application for approval of a subdivision plan is equivalent to disapproval of the application and did not constitute an action that would trigger automatic approval provision of statute. 54 CA 645. Clause “which conflicts with applicable zoning regulations” has as its antecedent not “the property” but “any such subdivision or resubdivision”; city cannot reject subdivision application on the basis of existing zoning violations, where the violations are not inherent in the application. 66 CA 317. Section prohibits commission from approving subdivision that conflicts with applicable zoning regulations. 79 CA 614. Motion was an invalid action under section when it expressly reserved final approval of plaintiff's application and provided for subsequent review following submission of revised map, thus application is deemed approved for failure to act within time limits. 111 CA 219.

Action for mandamus against planning and zoning board for refusal to approve residential subdivision in light industrial zone denied; discretionary with board; legal remedy through appeal. 17 CS 271. Cited. 26 CS 169. Intended to provide appeal for persons aggrieved by inferred approval, not successful applicants for certificates. 31 CS 85. Cited. 39 CS 306; 41 CS 196; 43 CS 508.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-169tt — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 130 / Section 8-169tt
Sec. 8-169tt. Approval of housing growth zones.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding section 8-169jj , prior to the execution of any memorandum of agreement that establishes a development district, any chief executive officer of a member municipality, or the chief executive officers of the municipalities constituting a joint member entity, shall create a proposal for a housing growth zone and submit such proposal, including proposed zoning regulations applicable to such zone, for the Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment Authority's review and approval.

(c) (1) The authority shall approve any proposal submitted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section if the authority determines that the proposed zoning regulations applicable to the housing growth zone are likely to substantially increase the production of new dwelling units necessary to meet housing demand within the region.

(2) In making its determination pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, the authority shall presume that any proposal that includes the following provisions is likely to substantially increase the production of new dwelling units: (A) The proposal permits middle housing as of right, and (B) except as provided in subparagraph (iv) of this subdivision, the proposal requires only the approval of the zoning board of appeals, planning commission, zoning commission or combined planning and zoning commission for the issuance of any applicable permits for any application that would result in a net increase of dwelling units other than middle housing units, provided such zoning board of appeals, planning commission, zoning commission or combined planning and zoning commission, with respect to any application submitted pursuant to this section, shall (i) have the same power to issue any permit or approval as any other municipal body or official who would otherwise act with respect to such application, (ii) hold a single public hearing not later than thirty days after the receipt of any such application, (iii) by majority vote, determine whether to approve or deny such application not later than thirty days after such public hearing, and (iv) upon the recommendation of the zoning board of appeals, planning commission, zoning commission or combined planning and zoning commission, require concurrent approval from any sewer commission, water commission, municipal wetlands commission, municipal conservation commission or board or municipal historic preservation commission of the municipality pursuant to a joint review process for such application by any such commission or board, as applicable, not later than thirty days after receipt of such application. The applicant shall file any such application with the zoning board of appeals, the planning commission, zoning commission or combined planning and zoning commission, which shall forward such application to such applicable commission or board to provide for such joint review if such review is recommended by such zoning board of appeals, planning commission, zoning commission or combined planning and zoning commission.

(3) In making its determination pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection whether a housing growth zone proposal is likely to substantially increase the production of new dwelling units, the authority shall consider whether the proposal (A) allows the development of new dwelling units without the requirement of any off-street parking spaces, (B) requires that ten per cent of units be sold or rented at, or below, prices which will preserve the units as housing for which persons and families pay thirty per cent or less of their annual income, where such income is less than or equal to eighty per cent of the median income, for any application involving a net increase of ten or more dwelling units, and (C) generally promotes residential diversity.

(d) Notwithstanding this chapter, no member municipality, nor the municipalities constituting a joint member entity, shall submit an application or request for funds for any authority development project pursuant to section 8-169nn , nor shall any bonds, notes or other obligations of the authority be issued to carry out such project, pursuant to section 8-169oo , until the member municipality, or the municipalities constituting a joint member entity, enacts all of the zoning regulations proposed in the housing zone growth proposal approved by the authority.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-40 — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 128 / Section 8-40
Sec. 8-40. Creation of housing authorities.
Status: in_force

Cited. 133 C. 546. Hartford Housing Authority is a distinct corporate entity and the city is not responsible for its debts. 143 C. 338. Cited. 208 C. 161; 213 C. 354; 216 C. 112.

Cited. 38 CA 175.

Cited. 11 CS 465. Local housing authorities are corporations established pursuant to state statutes, with delegated authority to regulate rent subsidy programs; activities of landlord of low cost housing development constitute “state action” re federal constitution; informal hearing required before summary process eviction may be instituted. 33 CS 15.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-4c — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 124 / Section 8-4c
Sec. 8-4c. Training for members of planning, zoning or combined planning and zoning commissions and zoning boards of appeals. Training guidelines. Statement of compliance.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than January 1, 2022, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall establish guidelines for such training in collaboration with land use training providers, including, but not limited to, the Connecticut Association of Zoning Enforcement Officials, the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, the Connecticut Chapter of the American Planning Association, the Land Use Academy at the Center for Land Use Education and Research at The University of Connecticut, the Connecticut Bar Association, regional councils of governments and other nonprofit or educational institutions that provide land use training, except that if the secretary fails to establish such guidelines, such land use training providers may create and administer appropriate training for members of commissions and boards described in subsection (a) of this section, which may be used by such members for the purpose of complying with the provisions of said subsection.

(c) Not later than March 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the planning commission, zoning commission, combined planning and zoning commission and zoning board of appeals, as applicable, in each municipality shall submit a statement to such municipality's legislative body or, in a municipality where the legislative body is a town meeting, its board of selectmen, affirming compliance with the training requirement established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section by each member of such commission or board required to complete such training in the calendar year ending the preceding December thirty-first.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-37r — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 127c / Section 8-37r
Sec. 8-37r. Department of Housing. Commissioner. Successor to certain functions, powers and duties. Designation as public housing agency.
Status: repealed

(b) The Department of Housing shall constitute a successor to the functions, powers and duties of the Department of Economic Development relating to housing, community development, redevelopment and urban renewal as set forth in chapters 128, 129, 130, 135 and 136 in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d , 4-38e and 4-39 . The Department of Housing is designated a public housing agency for the purpose of administering the Section 8 existing certificate program and the housing voucher program pursuant to the Housing Act of 1937.

(c) The commissioner shall, in consultation with the interagency council on affordable housing established pursuant to section 8-37nnn , review the organization and delivery of state housing programs and submit a report with recommendations, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , not later than January 15, 2013, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing and appropriations.

(d) Any order or regulation of the Department of Housing or Department of Economic and Community Development that is in force on January 1, 2013, shall continue in force and effect as an order or regulation until amended, repealed or superseded pursuant to law.

(e) On and after July 1, 2017, the Department of Housing shall constitute a successor department, in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d , 4-38e and 4-39 , to the Department of Children and Families with respect to the homeless youth program as set forth in section 17a-62a .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-56 — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 128 / Section 8-56
Sec. 8-56. Aid from federal and state governments.
Status: in_force

Cited. 213 C. 354.

Cited. 11 CS 465.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-106 — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 128 / Section 8-106
Sec. 8-106. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) “Persons engaged in national defense activities” includes persons in the military service of the United States; employees of the United States Department of Defense; and workers engaged or to be engaged in activities connected with and essential to national defense; and includes the families of the aforesaid persons who are living with them.

(b) “National defense period” means the period, as determined by a housing authority, during which there exists or impends in the locality an acute shortage of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities.

(c) “Development” means all undertakings necessary for the planning, land acquisition, demolition, financing, construction or equipment in connection with a project, including the negotiation or award of contracts therefor, and includes the acquisition of any project, in whole or in part, from the federal government.

(d) “Administration” means all undertakings necessary for management, operation or maintenance, in connection with any project, and includes the leasing of any project, in whole or in part, from the federal government.

(e) The development of a project shall be deemed to be “initiated” if a housing authority has issued any bonds, notes or other obligations with respect to financing the development of such project of the housing authority, or has contracted with the federal government with respect to the exercise of powers hereunder in the development of such project of the federal government.

See Sec. 8-39 for definitions applicable to chapter as a whole.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-72a — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 128 / Section 8-72a
Sec. 8-72a. Maximum income limits. Exceptions: Factors to be considered.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding the provision of subsection (a) of this section, each developer or housing authority may propose different maximum income limits. In fixing exceptions to maximum income limits under section 8-72 , the Commissioner of Housing shall take into consideration (1) the latest average wage as computed by the Labor Commissioner for the city or town served by the authority, (2) the number of vacancies in the projects under the authority's control, (3) the number of applications for admission to tenancy or for continued occupancy which are refused because of income disqualification, and (4) the latest area median income, as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Cited. 214 C. 505.

Cited. 18 CA 393.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-345d — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 138a / Section 8-345d
Sec. 8-345d. Disclosure of program participants prohibited. Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, no person shall solicit, disclose, receive or make use of, or authorize, knowingly permit, participate in or acquiesce in the use of, any list of the names of, or any information concerning, individuals applying for or receiving assistance from the Department of Housing or individuals participating in a program administered by said department, that is (1) directly or indirectly derived from the records, papers, files or communications of the state or any political subdivision or agency of the state, or (2) acquired in the course of the performance of the official duties of any such agency or political subdivision.

(c) The prohibition set forth in subsection (b) of this section shall not apply to (1) any solicitation, disclosure, receipt or use of, or authorization for use of, such list or information made for purposes directly connected with the administration of programs of the Department of Housing and in accordance with any regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Housing, or (2) data that does not directly or indirectly identify individual program applicants or participants, provided such data is used for research or investigatory purposes authorized by the Commissioner of Housing or the General Assembly.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-135 — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 130 / Section 8-135
Sec. 8-135. Acceptance of funds. Financing.
Status: in_force

Nothing herein authorizes redevelopment agency to condemn property already devoted to public use. 155 C. 202. Cited. 201 C. 305.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-265g — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 134 / Section 8-265g
Sec. 8-265g. Mortgage assistance for low or moderate income families or persons.
Status: in_force

(b) On or before March 15, 1998, and annually thereafter, the authority shall submit a report on the program to the advisory panel established pursuant to section 8-265h .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-13n — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 124b / Section 8-13n
Sec. 8-13n. Requirements for incentive housing zones.
Status: in_force

(b) An incentive housing zone shall satisfy the following requirements:

(1) The zone shall be consistent with the state plan of conservation and development and be located in an eligible location.

(2) The regulations of the zone shall permit, as of right, incentive housing development.

(3) The minimum allowable density for incentive housing development, per acre of developable land, shall be: (A) Six units per acre for single-family detached housing; (B) ten units per acre for duplex or townhouse housing; and (C) twenty units per acre for multifamily housing, provided that a municipality whose population as determined by the most recent federal decennial census is less than five thousand, when applying to the commissioner for a letter of eligibility under section 8-13q , may request approval of minimum as of right densities of not less than four units per acre for single-family detached housing, not less than six units per acre for duplex or townhouse housing, and not less than ten units per acre for multifamily housing. In making such request, the municipality shall provide the Commissioner of Housing with evidence of sewage disposal, water supply, traffic safety or other existing, substantial infrastructure limitations that prevent adoption of the minimum densities set forth in this subdivision. If the proposed incentive housing zone otherwise satisfies the requirements of this section, the commissioner may issue the requested letter of eligibility. A municipality may request a waiver of the density requirements of this subdivision and the commissioner may grant a waiver if the municipality demonstrates in the application that the land to be zoned for incentive housing development is owned or controlled by the municipality itself, an agency thereof, or a land trust, housing trust fund or a nonprofit housing agency or corporation. The proposed incentive housing zone regulation shall require, in an enforceable manner, that one hundred per cent of the proposed residential units will be subject to an incentive housing restriction, and the proposed incentive housing zone will otherwise satisfy the requirements of this section.

(4) In order to qualify for financial incentive payments set forth in section 8-13s , the regulations of an incentive housing zone concerning the minimum as of right densities set forth in subdivision (3) of this subsection shall constitute an increase of at least twenty-five per cent above the density allowed by the underlying zone, notwithstanding the provisions of said section 8-13s with regard to zone adoption and building permit payments.

(5) The minimum densities prescribed in subdivision (3) of this subsection shall be subject only to site plan or subdivision procedures, submission requirements and approval standards of the municipality, and shall not be subject to special permit or special exception procedures, requirements or standards.

(6) An incentive housing zone may consist of one or more subzones, provided each subzone and the zone as a whole comply with the requirements of sections 8-13m to 8-13x , inclusive.

(7) The land area of an incentive housing zone shall not exceed ten per cent of the total land area in the municipality. The aggregate land area of all incentive housing zones and subzones in a municipality shall not exceed twenty-five per cent of the total land area in the municipality.

(c) A zoning commission may modify, waive or delete dimensional standards contained in the zone or zones that underlie an incentive housing zone in order to support the minimum or desired densities, mix of uses or physical compatibility in the incentive housing zone. Standards subject to modification, waiver or deletion include, but shall not be limited to, building height, setbacks, lot coverage, parking ratios and road design standards.

(d) If a zoning commission adopts a regulation for an incentive housing zone that permits single-family detached homes on subdivided lots, requiring subdivision approval under the subdivision regulations of the municipality, the zoning commission shall make a written finding that the applicability of such subdivision regulations will not unreasonably impair the economic or physical feasibility of constructing housing at the minimum densities and subject to an incentive housing restriction as required in sections 8-13m to 8-13x , inclusive. If housing on subdivided lots is proposed in an incentive housing zone, the zoning commission shall use its best efforts to adopt or encourage the planning commission to adopt subdivision standards that will ensure consistency of the single-family detached housing with the purposes of sections 8-13m to 8-13x , inclusive.

(e) The regulations of an incentive housing zone may allow for a mix of business, commercial or other nonresidential uses within a single zone or for the separation of such uses into one or more subzones, provided that the zone as a whole shall comply with the requirements of sections 8-13m to 8-13x , inclusive, and that such uses shall be consistent with as-of-right residential uses and densities required under this section.

(f) An incentive housing zone may overlay all or any part of an existing historic district or districts, and a municipality may establish an historic district within an approved incentive housing zone, provided, if the requirements or regulations of such historic district render the approved housing incentive zone not in compliance with the provisions of sections 8-13m to 8-13x , inclusive, the commissioner shall deny a preliminary or final letter of eligibility, deny or revoke a certificate of compliance, or deny any financial incentive payments set forth in section 8-13s .

(g) An applicant for site plan or subdivision approval to construct an incentive housing development within an approved zone may, through an incentive housing restriction, exceed the minimum requirements for such a development as follows: (1) More than twenty per cent of the total proposed dwelling units may be subject to the restriction; (2) the maximum annual income of qualifying households may be less than eighty per cent of the area median income; or (3) the duration of the restriction may be longer than thirty years. An application for approval of an incentive housing development may not be denied on the basis that the proposed incentive housing restriction contains one or more of the provisions set forth in this subsection.

(h) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to affect the power of a zoning commission to adopt or amend regulations under chapter 124 or any special act.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-265mm — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 134 / Section 8-265mm
Sec. 8-265mm. Pilot program of home purchasing assistance for police officers.
Status: in_force

(1) “Applicant” means a local or state police officer who applies for a loan under the home purchasing assistance program, established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, for the purpose of financing the purchase of real estate.

(2) “Authority” means the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority.

(3) “Municipality” means a town, city or borough with a population of not less than forty-five thousand which, by resolution of its legislative body, elects to participate in the program established in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.

(4) “Real estate” means a one, two or three-family residence located in a participating municipality.

(5) “Targeted neighborhood” means an area designated by the legislative body of the municipality as an area where there has been a high incidence of crime or where the legislative body of the municipality determines that increased police presence is needed, where police officers participating in the home purchasing assistance program established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall reside.

(b) The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority shall develop and, in cooperation with participating municipalities, administer a pilot program of home purchasing assistance. The purpose of the program shall be to encourage local and state police officers to purchase and live in residential property in targeted neighborhoods located in the municipality by which they are employed to reduce crime by promoting community policing. The authority shall implement the pilot program in an amount not to exceed ten million dollars and in a manner designed to facilitate the purchase of real estate targeted neighborhoods in participating municipalities by providing low-interest loans to local and state police officers in accordance with the provisions of this section. The pilot program shall commence on January 1, 1997, and terminate on December 31, 1999.

(c) To be eligible for assistance under subsection (e) or (f) of this section, an applicant shall: (1) Be a local police officer employed by a municipal police department on a full-time or part-time basis or a state police officer; (2) certify intent to use the funds in connection with the purchase of real estate located in the municipality by which such applicant is employed as provided by this section; (3) certify intent to own and reside in such real estate on a permanent and full-time basis for at least seven years; (4) take title in such applicant's name and be the grantee or borrower, as the case may be under this section, and (5) in the case of a loan, agree to make monthly loan payments for a period not to exceed thirty years, in the manner prescribed by the authority pursuant to procedures adopted by the authority in accordance with subsection (i) of this section.

(d) A municipality may participate in the pilot program by (1) enrolling in the program established under this section in accordance with written procedures of the authority, (2) advising each applicant of the availability of down payment assistance under section 8-286 and low-interest loans through the authority and (3) designating one or more targeted neighborhoods in the municipality.

(e) (1) A municipality may make grants to applicants to pay for reasonable and bona fide closing costs, as described in subsection (i) of section 36a-563 . The authority may provide a preference for loans under this section to applicants for loans for real estate located in a municipality in which grants are offered under this subsection.

(2) If a grantee ceases to be a local or state police officer prior to the end of the seventh year after the date on which such grant is made, or ceases to live in the residential property purchased with assistance provided under this section, the grantee shall reimburse the municipality for the amount of the grant within thirty days of receipt of written notice from the municipality that such reimbursement is due.

(f) Any applicant for a loan under this section shall be eligible for a loan for down payment assistance under section 8-286 , except that the provisions of regulations adopted under section 8-289 concerning household income and equity contributions shall not apply to an applicant as defined in subsection (a) of this section.

(g) The authority shall issue mortgage revenue bonds pursuant to 26 USC Section 143 to provide sufficient funds for loans under this section. The interest rate on such loans shall be the lowest practicable which would create an incentive for applicants. Such loans shall satisfy the requirements of 26 USC Section 143, including, but not limited to, requirements for residence, sales, income and three-year requirements, as applicable, and the requirements of the Connecticut Housing Finance Home Mortgage Loan Program.

(h) The authority shall submit a report on the program to the General Assembly on or before October 1, 1997, and annually thereafter. Such report shall include programmatic data and may include recommendations for modifications to the program.

(i) The authority shall adopt written procedures in accordance with section 1-121 establishing procedures for the application and distribution of loans pursuant to subsection (f) of this section and the conditions for such loans.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-169w — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 130 / Section 8-169w
Sec. 8-169w. Urban Homesteading Fund created. Regulations. Bond authorization.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Housing shall charge and collect interest on each loan or deferred loan extended under this section at a rate to be determined in accordance with subsection (t) of section 3-20 . Payments of principal and interest on such loans or deferred loans shall be paid to the Treasurer for deposit to the credit of the Housing Repayment and Revolving Loan Fund.

(c) The Commissioner of Housing shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to carry out the provisions of sections 8-169o to 8-169v , inclusive, and this section. Such regulations shall (1) establish loan procedures, repayment terms, security requirements, default and remedy provisions and such other terms and conditions for said loans as said commissioner shall deem appropriate and (2) establish procedures for the making of grants under section 8-169u and subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section.

(d) For the purposes of subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance with the provisions of this section, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate one million five hundred thousand dollars, the proceeds of the sale of which shall be used by the Department of Housing for the provision of financial assistance under section 8-169u and this section.

(e) All provisions of section 3-20 or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this section and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. Such bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of such bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made and the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-64c — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 128 / Section 8-64c
Sec. 8-64c. Resident participation plan for major physical transformation and disposition activities.
Status: in_force

(b) Any housing authority that intends to undertake the major physical transformation or disposition of any real property or portion thereof that is owned or managed by such authority shall notify all residents of such real property of its intention as soon as practicable. Such authority shall, in conjunction with the residents of such real property and any duly elected and constituted tenant organization that represents such residents, implement a resident participation plan for such major physical transformation or disposition activities. The authority shall negotiate in good faith the provisions of such resident participation plan with such residents and tenant organization. If a duly elected and constituted tenant organization represents the residents of such real property, the authority shall make all reasonable efforts to enter into a signed agreement.

(c) A resident participation plan shall include, but is not limited to, the following:

(1) A notification to all residents explaining residents' right to organize and to participate in tenant organizations without interference from or adverse action by the authority;

(2) Provisions for regular and substantial involvement of the representatives of any duly elected and constituted tenant organization in implementing the resident participation plan;

(3) A requirement that the authority provide residents and tenant organizations with information about groups and organizations that are separate from the authority and may serve as a resource to such residents and tenant organizations on matters including housing policy and resident outreach, training, organizing and legal rights;

(4) Provisions allowing for the inclusion, at the discretion of residents, of tenant advocates or other tenant assistance providers in all resident participation activities;

(5) If applicable, identification of opportunities for residents to participate in selection panels to choose development partners and consultants, provided residents shall not comprise a majority of any selection panel;

(6) A provision requiring the authority to make all significant documents related to the major transformation or disposition activities, including copies of design plans and applications for financial assistance, available for inspection by residents at a readily accessible location;

(7) Provisions assuring opportunities for resident involvement, advice and recommendations concerning such major physical transformation or disposition activities, including, where applicable, (A) the details of the major physical transformation or disposition activities that the authority intends to undertake and the projected timeline for such activities; (B) the design of housing units, buildings, amenities and common areas, including the number, size and configuration of housing units; (C) architectural design and landscaping; (D) resident employment or the use of resident-owned businesses in such major physical transformation or disposition activities and in future property management operations; (E) future resident services, property management, security and any enrichment features affecting residents' quality of life; (F) the level of occupancy that will be maintained in advance of the major physical transformation or disposition activities; (G) new rent levels, the affordability of such new rent levels for current residents and the duration of any affordability restrictions; (H) home ownership opportunities; (I) displacement of current residents, temporary and permanent relocation plans and relocation benefits; (J) the number of housing units that will be lost due to such major physical transformation or disposition activities and any plans to replace such housing units; (K) plans, procedures and qualifications for the occupancy of units by current and new residents, including preferences, if any, for current residents, at the conclusion of such major physical transformation or disposition activities; and (L) the governance of the entity that will own, lease or otherwise control the real property or portion thereof and how such governance may affect such residents, including any changes to grievance procedures, residents' rights and residents' opportunities to participate in management decisions.

(d) No authority shall be eligible to apply for financial assistance for the major physical transformation of any real property or portion thereof from the Department of Housing or the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority unless such authority has adopted and implemented a resident participation plan in accordance with this section. In awarding financial assistance for the major physical transformation of any real property or portion thereof, the department and authority shall, in a manner consistent with their procedures, give full consideration for preference to any application made by any authority that has entered into a signed agreement in accordance with this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-37qq — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 127c / Section 8-37qq
Sec. 8-37qq. Uses of funds for bond-financed state housing programs. Housing Assistance Bond Fund. Housing Repayment and Revolving Loan Fund.
Status: in_force

(1) “Bond-financed state housing program” means any program administered by the Commissioner of Housing which provides financial assistance for housing acquisition, development, rehabilitation or support services, and which may be financed in whole or in part from the proceeds of the state's general obligation bonds, including: Acquisition of surplus land pursuant to section 8-37y , affordable housing projects pursuant to section 8-37pp , housing authority programs for social and supplementary services, project rehabilitation and improvement and energy conservation pursuant to section 8-44a , moderate rental housing pursuant to section 8-70 , moderate cost housing pursuant to section 8-82 , housing for elderly persons pursuant to section 8-114a , congregate housing for the elderly pursuant to section 8-119h , housing for low-income persons pursuant to section 8-119dd , financial assistance for redevelopment or urban renewal projects pursuant to section 8-154a , housing and community development pursuant to sections 8-169 l and 8-216b , urban homesteading pursuant to subsection (a) of section 8-169w , community housing land bank and land trust program pursuant to section 8-214d , financial assistance for development of limited equity cooperatives and mutual housing pursuant to section 8-214f , community housing development corporations pursuant to sections 8-218 and 8-218a , financial assistance to elderly homeowners for emergency repairs or rehabilitation pursuant to section 8-219b , financial assistance for removal of lead-based paint and asbestos pursuant to section 8-219e , home ownership loans pursuant to subsection (a) of section 8-286 , housing programs for homeless persons pursuant to sections 8-356 and 8-357 , grants to municipalities for financing low and moderate income rental housing pursuant to section 8-365 , housing infrastructure grants and loans pursuant to section 8-387 , private rental investment mortgage and equity program pursuant to sections 8-401 and 8-403 , assistance for housing predevelopment costs pursuant to sections 8-410 and 8-411 , residential subsurface sewage disposal system repair program pursuant to section 8-420 , energy conservation loans pursuant to section 16a-40b , rent receivership pursuant to section 47a-56j , and any other such program now, heretofore or hereafter existing, and any additions or amendments to such programs.

(2) “Administrative expense” means any administrative or other cost or expense incurred by the state in carrying out the provisions of any of the following bond-financed state housing programs, including the hiring of necessary employees and the entering of necessary contracts: Housing authority programs for social and supplementary services, project rehabilitation and improvement, and energy conservation pursuant to section 8-44a , moderate rental housing pursuant to section 8-70 , moderate cost housing pursuant to section 8-82 , housing for elderly persons pursuant to section 8-114a , congregate housing for the elderly pursuant to section 8-119h , housing for low-income persons pursuant to section 8-119dd , urban homesteading pursuant to subsection (a) of section 8-169w , financial assistance for development of limited equity cooperatives and mutual housing pursuant to section 8-214f , financial assistance to elderly homeowners for emergency repairs or rehabilitation pursuant to section 8-219b , home ownership loans pursuant to subsection (a) of section 8-286 , housing programs for homeless persons pursuant to sections 8-356 and 8-357 , private rental investment mortgage and equity program pursuant to sections 8-401 and 8-403 , assistance for housing predevelopment costs pursuant to sections 8-410 and 8-411 , residential subsurface sewage disposal system repair pursuant to section 8-420 , and energy conservation loans pursuant to section 16a-40b .

(3) “State service fee” means any fee or charge assessed or collected by the state for the purpose of paying for any administrative expense, pursuant to subsections (f) and (g) of section 8-44a with respect to housing authority programs for social and supplementary services, project rehabilitation and improvement, and energy conservation, subsection (c) of section 8-70 and section 8-72 with respect to moderate rental housing, subsection (b) of section 8-114a and subsection (a) of section 8-115a with respect to housing for elderly persons, section 8-119h and subsection (a) of section 8-115a with respect to congregate housing for the elderly, section 8-119jj and section 8-72 with respect to housing for low-income persons, subsection (c) of section 8-218b with respect to community housing development corporations, subsection (b) of section 8-219b with respect to financial assistance to elderly homeowners for emergency repairs and rehabilitation, and subsection (a) of section 8-405 with respect to the private rental mortgage and equity program.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any public or special act to the contrary, any administrative expense may be paid from the proceeds from the sale of the state's general obligation bonds for the bond-financed state housing program for which the administrative expense is incurred, to the extent approved by the State Bond Commission and allotted by the Governor for such purpose.

(c) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any public or special act to the contrary, no service fee shall be assessed or collected out of financial assistance financed with the proceeds of the state's general obligation bonds initially authorized, allocated or approved by the State Bond Commission on or after July 1, 1990.

(d) (1) There is established a fund to be known as the “Housing Assistance Bond Fund”. The fund shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the fund.

(2) (A) The proceeds from the sale of bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued for any bond-financed state housing program shall be deposited in the Housing Assistance Bond Fund, except for: (i) The proceeds of bonds and bond anticipation notes initially authorized, allocated or approved by the State Bond Commission for the purpose of any bond-financed state housing program prior to July 1, 1990, and any reuse thereof approved by the commission; and (ii) any refunding bonds and bonds issued to refund bond anticipation notes.

(B) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any public or special act to the contrary, on or after July 1, 1990, the State Bond Commission shall not authorize, allocate or approve the issuance of bonds not previously authorized, allocated or approved by the commission for the purpose of any bond-financed state housing program pursuant to any general statute or public or special act enacted prior to 1990, except pursuant to sections 4-66c and 47a-56k or special act 87-77 or 89-52 as either may be amended from time to time. Nothing in this section shall impair the power of the commission to authorize the reuse of the proceeds of bonds authorized, allocated or approved by the commission prior to July 1, 1990.

(C) The proceeds of bonds and bond anticipation notes deposited in the Housing Assistance Bond Fund shall be applied to pay the costs of financial assistance and administrative expense for bond-financed state housing programs as authorized by the State Bond Commission in accordance with section 3-20 and the act or acts pursuant to which such bonds and bond anticipation notes were issued.

(e) (1) There is established a fund to be known as the “Housing Repayment and Revolving Loan Fund”. The fund shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the fund and shall be held separate and apart from all other money, funds and accounts. Investment earnings credited to the fund shall become part of the assets of the fund. Any required rebates to the federal government of such investment earnings shall be paid from the fund. Any balance remaining in said fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the fund for the next fiscal year.

(2) (A) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any public or special act to the contrary, except sections 8-76 and 8-80 , the following shall be paid to the State Treasurer for deposit in the Housing Repayment and Revolving Loan Fund: (i) All payments to the state of principal or interest on loans that the ultimate recipient is obligated to repay to the state, with or without interest, made pursuant to section 8-114a with respect to loans for housing for elderly persons, section 8-119h with respect to loans for congregate housing for the elderly, subsection (a) of section 8-169w with respect to urban homesteading loans, sections 8-218 and 8-218a with respect to community housing development corporation loans, section 8-337 with respect to security deposit revolving loans, section 8-410 with respect to housing predevelopment cost loans, section 8-420 with respect to subsurface sewage disposal system repair loans, and section 8-37pp with respect to loans for affordable housing; (ii) all payments of principal with respect to energy conservation loans pursuant to section 16a-40b ; (iii) all payments made to the state constituting the liquidation of an equity interest pursuant to section 8-404 with respect to the private rental investment mortgage and equity program; (iv) all payments made to the state constituting the liquidation of any other security interest or lien taken or granted pursuant to a bond-financed state housing program or assistance or related agreement, except liquidations constituting principal or interest on loans not mentioned in subparagraph (A)(i) or (A)(ii) of this subdivision and the liquidation of security interests or liens with respect to rent receivership pursuant to subsection (c) of section 47a-56i ; (v) all other return or recapture of state financial assistance made pursuant to the provisions of any bond-financed state housing program or assistance or related agreement, except principal or interest on loans not mentioned in subparagraph (A)(i) or (A)(ii) of this subdivision and payments received with respect to rent receivership pursuant to subsection (c) of section 47a-56i ; (vi) all payments of state service fees and administrative oversight charges rendered in accordance with the provisions of any bond-financed state housing program other than state service fees financed from the proceeds of the state's general obligation bonds; and (vii) all other compensation or reimbursement paid to the Department of Housing with respect to bond-financed state housing programs other than from the federal government.

(B) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any public or special act to the contrary, except as provided in this subsection, loans for any bond-financed state housing program which the ultimate recipient is obligated to repay to the state, with or without interest, may be paid out of moneys deposited in the Housing Repayment and Revolving Loan Fund without the prior approval of the State Bond Commission, subject to the approval of the Governor of an allotment.

(C) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any public or special act, payment of any administrative expense may be made out of the Housing Repayment and Revolving Loan Fund subject to the approval of the Governor of an allotment for such purpose.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-169c — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 130 / Section 8-169c
Sec. 8-169c. Preparation and content of a community development plan.
Status: in_force

(1) A summary of a three-year community development program which identifies community development and housing needs, demonstrates a comprehensive strategy for meeting those needs and specifies both short-term and long-term community development objectives which have been prepared in accordance with the general plan of the municipality, area-wide development planning and state and national urban growth policies;

(2) A program which describes the activities to be undertaken and the resources expected to be made available to meet its community development needs and objectives, including activities designed to revitalize neighborhoods for the benefit of low and moderate income persons, together with the estimated costs and the general locations of such activities;

(3) A description of the environmental considerations taken into account in the preparation of the plan;

(4) A description of a program designed to (A) eliminate or prevent slums, blight and deterioration where such conditions or needs exist; (B) provide improved community facilities and public improvements, including the provision of supporting health, social and similar services where necessary and appropriate; and in a manner to insure fully the opportunity for participation by, and benefits to, persons with physical disabilities; and (C) improved conditions for low and moderate income persons residing in or expected to reside in the community and foster neighborhood development in order to induce higher income persons to remain in, or return to, the community;

(5) A description of a housing assistance plan which (A) accurately describes the conditions of the housing stock within the community, assesses the housing assistance needs of low and moderate income persons, including elderly persons, persons with disabilities, large families and persons displaced or to be displaced residing in or expected to reside in the community, and identifies housing stock which is in a deteriorated condition; (B) specifies a realistic goal during the program period for the number of dwelling units or persons to be assisted, including (i) the relative proportion of new, rehabilitated and existing dwelling units, (ii) the size and types of housing projects and assistance best suited to the needs of the low and moderate income families and persons and (iii), in the case of subsidized rehabilitation, adequate provisions to assure that a preponderance of persons assisted are of low and moderate income, and (C) indicates the general locations of proposed housing for low and moderate income families and persons with the objective of (i) furthering the revitalization of the community, including the restoration and rehabilitation of stable neighborhoods to the maximum extent possible, and the reclamation of the housing stock where feasible through the use of a broad range of techniques for housing restoration by local government, the private sector or community organizations, including provision of a reasonable opportunity for tenants displaced as a result of such activities to relocate in their immediate neighborhood, (ii) promoting greater choice of housing opportunities and avoiding undue concentration of assisted persons in areas containing a high proportion of low-income persons and (iii) assuring the availability of public facilities and services adequate to serve proposed housing projects.

(b) Where any community development activity proposed to be undertaken is to be undertaken in a development project area, harbor improvement project area, housing site development project area, redevelopment project area or urban renewal project area, the community development plan shall state whether the proposed activity is subject to the controls of an adopted plan for such project area and, if so, whether the activity conforms to the plan for such project area. If any such activity is not in conformance with the provisions of the plan for such project area, then the community development plan shall state in what respects the plan for such project area must be modified or amended.

(c) A community development plan may be based to the extent it is consistent with the provisions of this section upon a plan of conservation and development adopted under section 8-23 or a community development action plan. Any nonentitlement municipality may also use its adopted plan of conservation and development or community development action plan, to the extent such plans have been kept current, as determined by the commissioner, or the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in lieu of preparing a community development plan under this section for the purpose of receiving state financial assistance under section 8-169 l .

(d) In the event the United States government, acting by and through the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, waives any requirement under the provisions of Section 104 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as from time to time amended, the provisions of subdivisions (1) to (5), inclusive, of subsection (a) of this section affected by such waiver shall not be applicable to any municipality.

(e) The provisions of this section and section 8-169d shall not be applicable to any community development plan submitted to a legislative body of a municipality for approval prior to July 1, 1975.

Cited. 183 C. 523.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-243 — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 134 / Section 8-243
Sec. 8-243. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) “Act” means this chapter as amended from time to time;

(b) “Authority” means the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority as created under section 8-244 ;

(c) “Housing”, “housing project” or “project” means a work or undertaking having as its primary purpose the provision of safe and adequate housing and related facilities for low and moderate income families and persons, and includes existing dwelling units for low and moderate income families and persons, notwithstanding that said housing provides other dwelling accommodations in addition to the primary purpose of providing dwelling accommodations for low and moderate income families and persons;

(d) “Related facilities” means commercial, office, health, welfare, administrative, recreational, community and service facilities incidental and pertinent to housing as determined by the authority;

(e) “Rents”, “rentals” or “carrying charges” means the charges, excluding security deposits and down payments, paid for occupancy of housing financed or assisted under this chapter, whether such housing is owned or operated on a landlord-tenant or home ownership basis or as a condominium or a cooperative;

(f) “Project cost” means the sum total of all costs incurred in the development of a housing project, which are approved by the authority as reasonable and necessary, including, but not limited to (1) costs of land acquisition and any buildings thereon; (2) costs of site preparation, demolition and development; (3) architectural, engineering, legal, authority and other fees and charges paid or payable in connection with the planning, execution and financing of the project; (4) cost of necessary studies, surveys, plans and permits; (5) insurance, interest, financing, tax and assessment costs and other operating and carrying costs during construction; (6) cost of construction or reconstruction, and fixtures and equipment related to such construction or reconstruction; (7) cost of land improvements; (8) necessary expenses in connection with the initial occupancy of the project; (9) a reasonable profit or fee to the builder and developer; (10) an allowance established by the authority for working capital, replacement and contingency reserves, and reserves for any anticipated operating deficits during the first two years of occupancy; (11) the cost of such other items, including tenant relocation, as the authority shall deem to be reasonable and necessary for the development of the project, less any and all net rents and other net revenues received from the operation of the real and personal property on the project site during construction;

(g) “Development costs” means the costs approved by the authority as appropriate expenditures which may be incurred prior to initial disbursement of mortgage loan proceeds, including, but not limited to: (1) Payments for options to purchase properties for the proposed project, deposits on contracts of purchase or, with the prior approval of the authority, payments for the purchase of such properties; (2) legal, organizational and marketing expenses, including payment of attorneys' and consultants' fees, project management and clerical staff salaries, office rent and other incidental expenses; (3) payment of fees for preliminary feasibility studies and advances for planning, architectural and engineering work and land surveys and soil tests; (4) expenses of surveys as to need and market analyses; (5) necessary application and other fees to federal, state and local government agencies; and (6) such other expenses as the authority may deem appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this chapter;

(h) “Low and moderate income families and persons” means families and persons who lack the amount of income necessary as determined by the authority, to rent or purchase safe and adequate housing without special financial assistance not reasonably available. The income limits for the admission of such families and persons to housing built or financed or assisted under this chapter shall be established by this authority;

(i) “Assisted mortgage financing” means a below market interest rate mortgage insured or purchased, or a loan made, by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; a market interest rate mortgage insured or purchased, or a loan made, in combination with, or as augmented by, a program of rent supplements, interest subsidies or interest reduction payments, leasing, contributions or grants, or other programs now or hereafter authorized by federal law to serve low and moderate income families and persons; a mortgage loan made or insured pursuant to this chapter; or any combination of such loans, mortgage insurance or other assistance;

(j) “Mortgage” means a mortgage deed, deed of trust, or other instrument which shall constitute a lien, whether first or second, on real estate or on a leasehold under a lease having a remaining term, at the time such mortgage is acquired, which does not expire for at least that number of years beyond the maturity date of the obligation secured by such mortgage as is equal to the number of years remaining until the maturity date of such obligation. As used in this subsection, a lease of a lot in a mobile manufactured home park which is indefinitely renewable pursuant to subsection (b) of section 21-70 shall satisfy the leasehold requirement, provided such lease is acceptable to a third party mortgage insurer and the authority receives an acceptable mortgage insurance policy;

(k) “First mortgage” means such classes of first liens as are commonly given to secure loans on, or the unpaid purchase price of, real estate under the laws of the state, together with appropriate credit instruments;

(l) “Mortgagee” means the original lender under the mortgage or participants therein, and their successors and assigns;

(m) “Mortgagor” or “eligible mortgagor” means (1) a nonprofit corporation incorporated pursuant to chapter 602 or any predecessor statutes thereto, having as one of its purposes the construction, rehabilitation, ownership or operation of housing, and having articles of incorporation approved by the authority in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; (2) any business corporation incorporated pursuant to chapter 601 or any predecessor statutes thereto, having as one of its purposes the construction, rehabilitation, ownership or operation of housing, and having articles of incorporation approved by the authority in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; (3) any partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, trust or association having as one of its purposes the construction, rehabilitation, ownership or operation of housing, and having basic documents of organization approved by the authority in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; (4) a housing authority established pursuant to chapter 128; (5) a family or person approved by the authority as qualified to own, construct, rehabilitate, manage and maintain housing under a mortgage loan made or insured by the authority under the provisions of this chapter; or (6) a municipal developer; and includes the successors and assigns of the mortgagor;

(n) “Mortgage payments” means periodic payments called for by a mortgage, and may include, but is not limited to, interest, installments of principal, taxes and assessments, mortgage insurance premiums and hazard insurance premiums;

(o) “Aggregate family income” means the total family income of all members of a family, from whatever source derived, including but not limited to pension, annuity, retirement and social security benefits, provided there may be excluded from income, as the authority by regulation may determine, (1) reasonable allowances for dependents, (2) reasonable allowances for medical expenses, (3) all or any proportionate part of the earnings of gainfully employed minors or family members other than the chief wage earner, (4) income not received regularly, and (5) other expenses;

(p) “Earned surplus” has the same meaning as in generally accepted accounting standards;

(q) “Municipality” means any city, town or borough in the state;

(r) “Lending institution” means any bank, trust company, savings bank, savings and loan association or credit union, whether chartered by the United States of America or this state, and any insurance company authorized to do business in this state, and any mortgage banking firm approved by the authority;

(s) “Tenant” means the occupant of any housing financed or assisted by the authority under this chapter;

(t) “Second mortgage” means any class of second liens ranking immediately after a first mortgage on the same property, without any intervening liens, as are commonly given to secure loans on real estate, or the unpaid purchase price of real estate under the laws of the state, together with appropriate credit instruments, provided such second mortgage, unless granted pursuant to the exercise of powers granted to the authority under the provisions of the general statutes, is insured by an agency of the federal government or by such other entity as the authority shall determine is financially able to insure or guarantee repayment in the event of default by the mortgagor;

(u) “Person” means any person, including individuals, limited liability companies, firms, partnerships, associations, public or private, organized or existing under the laws of the state or, any other state if qualified to do business in the state;

(v) “Urban area” means any targeted area, as defined in Section 143 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended;

(w) “Urban area mortgage” means a mortgage securing a construction or a permanent loan to any person for the purpose of purchasing, refinancing, constructing or rehabilitating any residential building in an urban area, including related facilities, such as commercial, offices, health, welfare, administration, recreational, community and service facilities incidental and pertinent thereto as determined by the authority, but need not be a first lien upon the mortgaged property;

(x) “Municipal developer” means a municipality, as defined in subsection (q) of this section, which has not declared by resolution a need for a housing authority pursuant to section 8-40 , acting by and through its legislative body, except that in any town in which a town meeting or representative town meeting is the legislative body, “municipal developer” means the board of selectmen if such board is authorized to act as the municipal developer by the town meeting or representative town meeting;

(y) “Employer-assisted housing” means (1) housing that is, in whole or in part, owned, acquired, developed or managed by employers, or on behalf of employers, for the benefit of employees in the state or (2) assistance offered by employers to employees in the purchase or lease of residential property in the state;

(z) “Department” means the Department of Housing.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-209 — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 133 / Section 8-209
Sec. 8-209. State grants-in-aid for demolition of unsafe structures; for urban beautification.
Status: in_force

(b) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Housing, may enter into a contract with a municipality for state financial assistance for programs of urban beautification; provided such program shall have been approved by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development under the federal Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, as amended. Such contract shall provide for state financial assistance in the form of a state grant-in-aid equal to one-half of the amount by which the net cost of the program as approved by the commissioner exceeds the federal grant-in-aid thereof.

See Sec. 8-226 re use of prior bond proceeds for purposes of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-195 — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 132 / Section 8-195
Sec. 8-195. Development grants and special development grants.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner is authorized to make special development grants to municipalities to plan, install, construct or reconstruct utilities, sewerage and water lines and systems, and water towers and to acquire rights-of-way, therefore, to the boundaries of development projects. Such development grants may be made in amounts to their total costs, but not to exceed, ten per cent of the estimated physical development costs within the development project as last approved by the commissioner.

(c) The commissioner is authorized to make special development grants to municipalities for site improvement, utility, water, roads and sewerage facilities, renovation of building space, related engineering services, and for relocation expenses for the purpose of assisting industrial and business firms to locate or expand within development projects and which, upon such location or expansion, would result in a significant increase in employment or municipal real estate tax revenue to the municipality within which such development projects are located. All relocation assistance shall be in conformance with the provisions of chapter 135. Such grants may be made in amounts to their estimated total cost.

(d) In allocating funds available for the making of development grants, said commissioner is authorized to establish priorities among municipalities, taking into account their relative needs for development projects, the effects of proposed projects on existing housing and the extent to which particular projects are likely to advance the purposes of this chapter.

Cited. 184 C. 51.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-215 — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 133 / Section 8-215
Sec. 8-215. Tax abatement for housing for low or moderate-income persons.
Status: in_force

Cited. 170 C. 556.

Tax abatement constitutes subsidy to landlord supporting conclusion that activities of landlord are “state action” re federal constitution. 33 CS 15.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-119kk — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 128 / Section 8-119kk
Sec. 8-119kk. Rental assistance for elderly persons residing in state-assisted rental housing for the elderly. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) Housing eligible for use in the program shall comply with applicable state and local health, housing, building and safety codes.

(c) In addition to rental assistance certificates made available to qualified tenants, to be used in eligible housing which such tenants are able to locate, the program may include housing support in which rental assistance for tenants is linked to participation by the property owner in other municipal, state or federal housing repair, rehabilitation or financing programs. The commissioner shall use rental assistance under this section to encourage the preservation of existing housing and the revitalization of neighborhoods or the creation of additional rental housing.

(d) The commissioner shall administer the program under this section to promote housing choice for certificate holders and encourage diversity of residents. The commissioner shall establish maximum rent levels for each municipality in a manner that promotes the use of the program in all municipalities. Any certificate issued pursuant to this section may be used for housing in any municipality in the state. The commissioner shall inform certificate holders that a certificate may be used in any municipality and, to the extent practicable, the commissioner shall assist certificate holders in finding housing in the municipality of their choice.

(e) Nothing in this section shall give any person a right to continued receipt of rental assistance at any time that the program is not funded.

(f) Whenever an individual who qualifies for rental assistance pursuant to this section moves into congregate housing, as defined in section 8-119e , the Commissioner of Housing shall calculate the rental assistance for such individual to include the entire period of his occupancy in the congregate housing facility, regardless of the rental-assistance status of any former congregate housing occupant.

(g) The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to carry out the purposes of this section. The regulations shall establish maximum income eligibility guidelines for such rental assistance and criteria for determining the amount of rental assistance which shall be provided to elderly persons, provided the amount of assistance for elderly persons who are certificate holders shall be the difference between thirty per cent of their adjusted gross income, less a utility allowance, and the base rent.

See Sec. 8-112a et seq. re housing for elderly persons.

See Sec. 8-119d et seq. re congregate housing for the elderly.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-267 — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 135 / Section 8-267
Sec. 8-267. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “State agency” means any department, agency or instrumentality of the state or of a political subdivision of the state, or local housing authorities, or any department, agency or instrumentality of two or more political subdivisions of the state, but shall not include community housing development corporations authorized under section 8-217 ;

(2) “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or association;

(3) “Displaced person” means (A) any person who, on or after July 6, 1971, moves from real property, or moves his or her personal property from real property, as a result of the acquisition of such real property, in whole or in part, or as the result of the written order of the acquiring agency to vacate real property, for a program or project undertaken by or supervised by a state agency or unit of local government and solely for the purposes of subsections (a) and (b) of section 8-268 and section 8-271 as a result of the acquisition of or as a result of the written order of the acquiring agency to vacate other real property, on which such person conducts a business or farm operation, for such program or project; or (B) any person who so moves as the direct result of code enforcement activities or a program of rehabilitation of buildings pursuant to such governmental program or under such governmental supervision, except a business which moves from real property or which moves its personal property from real property acquired by a state agency when such move occurs at the end of a lease term or as a result of eviction for nonpayment of rent, provided the state agency acquired the property at least ten years before the move;

(4) “Nonprofit organization” means an association incorporated under chapter 598 or 602, or any predecessor statutes thereto;

(5) “Business” means any lawful activity, excepting a farm operation, conducted primarily (A) for the purchase, sale, lease and rental of personal and real property, and for the manufacture, processing or marketing of products, commodities or any other personal property; (B) for the sale of services to the public; (C) by a nonprofit organization; or (D) solely for the purposes of subsection (a) of section 8-268 , for assisting in the purchase, sale, resale, manufacture, processing, or marketing of products, commodities, personal property, or services by the erection and maintenance of an outdoor advertising display or displays, whether or not such display or displays are located on the premises on which any of the above activities are conducted;

(6) “Farm operation” means any activity conducted solely or primarily for the production of one or more agricultural products or commodities, including timber, for sale or home use, and customarily producing such products or commodities in sufficient quantity to be capable of contributing materially to the operator's support;

(7) “Mortgage” means such classes of liens as are commonly given to secure advances on, or the unpaid purchase price of, real property, under the laws of this state, together with the credit instruments, if any, secured thereby.

Cited. 192 C. 207.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-286 — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 136 / Section 8-286
Sec. 8-286. Homeownership loan program. Lending guidelines and terms of loans. Residential mortgage guarantee program.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) Not later than October 1, 2021, the authority shall establish guidelines for issuing loans under the program. Such guidelines shall permit the authority to (A) provide loans to borrowers with a debt-to-income ratio equal to the highest debt-to-income ratio permitted by the Federal Housing Administration, the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation for residential mortgage loans, as applicable, subject to any other limitations of this chapter, and (B) consider (i) the application of a prospective borrower, regardless of the prospective borrower's credit score, and (ii) nontraditional credit references submitted by the prospective borrower including, but not limited to, proof of employment or proof of rental and utility payments.

(2) If the dwelling being purchased by an eligible applicant under the program is situated within an affordability incentive zone, established pursuant to section 8-286e , the authority may utilize lending guidelines that are different from the guidelines utilized for the purchase of a dwelling that is not situated within an affordability incentive zone, which alternative lending guidelines may include, but need not be limited to, increased eligibility limits with respect to the purchase price of the dwelling or the maximum loan amount or a reduced interest rate for such loan.

(c) Any loan issued under the program shall include the customary and reasonable closing costs of the purchase of the dwelling, if so requested by the borrower, and to the extent the loan amount inclusive of such closing costs does not exceed the maximum loan amount under the authority's procedures and guidelines, and shall not exceed twenty-five per cent of the cost of acquiring such dwelling or twenty-five per cent of the value of such dwelling after rehabilitation, if greater; except that no such limitation may apply to any loan made to a tenant whose dwelling unit is being converted to a condominium and who is able to obtain a mortgage for the purchase of such dwelling unit. Such value shall be determined from the appraisal, if any, required by the lending institution granting the first mortgage loan on such dwelling, and if no such appraisal has been made at the time that a contract for loan is entered into pursuant to this chapter, the authority shall cause such appraisal to be made.

(d) Commencing October 1, 1995, the proceeds of the sale of any bonds of the state authorized by any public or special act effective on or after July 1, 1995, that are to be used for the purpose of making loans pursuant to this chapter shall be used by the department to make grants-in-aid to the authority and used by the authority, subject to the purposes and conditions of this chapter, for the purpose of making loans pursuant to this chapter.

(e) The commissioner shall establish and administer within available funds a residential mortgage guarantee program for eligible persons purchasing a home for owner occupancy. Real property eligible for the program shall be located in public investment communities, as defined in section 7-545 , and may contain one to three dwelling units.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-1a — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 124 / Section 8-1a
Sec. 8-1a. “Municipality” and “town” to include district; “selectmen” to include district officers. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(b) As used in this chapter:

(1) “Accessory apartment” means a separate dwelling unit that (A) is located on the same lot as a principal dwelling unit of greater square footage, (B) has cooking facilities, and (C) complies with or is otherwise exempt from any applicable building code, fire code and health and safety regulations;

(2) “Affordable accessory apartment” means an accessory apartment that is subject to binding recorded deeds which contain covenants or restrictions that require such accessory apartment be sold or rented at, or below, prices that will preserve the unit as housing for which, for a period of not less than ten years, persons and families pay thirty per cent or less of income, where such income is less than or equal to eighty per cent of the median income;

(3) “As of right” or “as-of-right” means able to be approved in accordance with the terms of a zoning regulation or regulations and without requiring that a public hearing be held, a variance, special permit or special exception be granted or some other discretionary zoning action be taken, other than a determination that a site plan is in conformance with applicable zoning regulations;

(4) “Cottage cluster” means a grouping of at least four detached housing units, or live work units, per acre that are located around a common open area;

(5) “Live work unit” means a building or a space within a building used for both commercial and residential purposes by an individual residing within such building or space;

(6) “Middle housing” means duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, cottage clusters and townhouses;

(7) “Mixed-use development” means a development containing both residential and nonresidential uses in any single building; and

(8) “Townhouse” means a residential building constructed in a grouping of three or more attached units, each of which shares at least one common wall with an adjacent unit and has exterior walls on at least two sides.

Cited. 212 C. 375; 216 C. 112.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-214a — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 133 / Section 8-214a
Sec. 8-214a. Bond issue.
Status: in_force

(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Department of Housing for the purpose of housing site development in accordance with section 8-213a and section 8-216b .

(c) All provisions of section 3-20 , or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this section, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization, which is signed by or on behalf of the Commissioner of Housing and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-420 — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 138j / Section 8-420
Sec. 8-420. Residential subsurface sewage disposal system established.
Status: in_force

(b) No loan shall be made to repair, replace or enlarge a subsurface sewage disposal system on a parcel with more than two dwelling units. Eligibility for loans shall be limited to owners residing in dwelling units served by systems needing repair, replacement or enlargement. Payments of principal and interest on such loans shall be paid to the Treasurer for deposit to the credit of the Housing Repayment and Revolving Loan Fund.

(c) Each applicant shall submit to the commissioner on a form prescribed by him the following: (1) Certification from the district or local director of health that the repair, replacement or enlargement is required pursuant to the Public Health Code and is feasible and that the cost is consistent with the cost of similar repairs, replacements or enlargements in the district or municipality, (2) two itemized estimates of the cost prepared by a subsurface sewage disposal system installer licensed under section 20-341f or a registered professional engineer, and (3) certification by a lending institution regulated by the laws of this state that a loan for the repair, replacement or enlargement of the system has been denied.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-265oo — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 134 / Section 8-265oo
Sec. 8-265oo. Residential mortgage loan refinancing guarantee program.
Status: in_force

(1) “Authority” means the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority as created under section 8-244 ;

(2) “Mortgage” means a mortgage deed or other instrument that constitutes a first consensual lien on one, two or three-family owner-occupied residential real property located in this state;

(3) “Mortgagee” means mortgage lenders authorized to originate mortgage loans in this state; and

(4) “Mortgagor” means the owner-occupant of one, two or three-family residential real property located in this state who is also the borrower under a mortgage encumbering such real property.

(b) It being in the public interest for the state to extend mortgage guarantees to mortgage lending institutions to provide refinancing for mortgage loans when the decline of home values has precluded such lending, the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority shall establish and administer a program of loan guarantees to work in conjunction with loan programs established by secondary market investors to allow mortgagees to refinance residential mortgage loans when a decrease in the appraised value of the real property securing the mortgage might otherwise preclude such lending. The authority shall adopt procedures in accordance with the provisions of section 1-121 no later than January 1, 2000, to carry out the provisions of this section. Such procedures may establish a fee for such mortgage guarantee.

(c) The authority shall implement the program established by this section within the resources allocated by the State Bond Commission to the Department of Housing for the purposes of a grant to the authority for the purposes of this section, in a manner designed to facilitate the qualifications of mortgage guarantees under such program for sale to one or more secondary mortgage markets for such loans. The authority shall explore options that maximize the funds made available, including, but not limited to, the opportunity to minimize the state's exposure through insurance alternatives.

(d) (1) The authority is authorized to enter into loan guarantee agreements with secondary market investors or lenders who meet criteria established by the authority in procedures adopted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. The authority shall make available to the general public a description of the residential mortgage refinancing guarantee program, including, but not limited to, information regarding participation of mortgagees in the program, eligibility criteria and the terms and conditions of the mortgage guarantee.

(2) Mortgagees may participate in the program by entering into a mortgage guarantee agreement with the authority. Mortgagees participating in the program shall process and underwrite mortgage guarantees in accordance with the provisions of this section and with the procedures adopted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

(e) Mortgagors eligible for refinanced mortgages under this program shall meet the criteria established in the procedures adopted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, including, but not limited to:

(1) The mortgagor shall occupy the property as such mortgagor's primary residence, and shall continue such occupancy for five years after the date of the refinancing under this section;

(2) The mortgagor shall have received the primary mortgage on the property no earlier than January 1, 1986, and no later than December 31, 1992;

(3) The mortgagor shall have a primary mortgage on the property with a loan to value ratio of no more than one hundred twenty-five per cent, and a recent full appraisal of the property in accordance with secondary market standards shall be required;

(4) The mortgagor shall have no second mortgage on the property except a second mortgage where repayment is waived after a certain period of time has elapsed; and

(5) No mortgagor shall participate in this program if such mortgagor currently has other refinancing alternatives.

(f) Any mortgagee or mortgagor seeking a mortgage guarantee shall provide such information to the authority as the authority deems reasonably necessary.

(g) Mortgages refinanced pursuant to this section shall be underwritten using secondary market standards, except:

(1) The household income of the mortgagor shall not exceed one hundred twenty per cent of the state median income;

(2) The mortgagor shall have been current on the payments on the mortgage loan for the most recent twenty-four-month period; and

(3) The credit rating of the mortgagor shall meet the secondary market standards.

(h) The amount of any mortgage guarantee provided under this section shall be reviewed and approved by the authority. The guarantee shall secure the mortgagee up to the amount of the guarantee for any loss incurred by the mortgagee because of default by the mortgagor including losses in principal balance.

(i) The authority may terminate any mortgage guarantee if the mortgagee misrepresents any information pertaining to the application for a mortgage guarantee or fails to comply with any term of the mortgage guarantee agreement in connection with the mortgage guarantee.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-257 — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 134 / Section 8-257
Sec. 8-257. Mortgages insured by authority to be legal investments. Certificate of title required.
Status: in_force

(b) The property, real or personal, securing such loans shall be unencumbered except for reservations to the United States of America of fissionable materials and for leases, easements and, in the case of insured second mortgages, prior liens to the extent deemed appropriate by the authority. A certificate of title issued by some suitable person approved by the mortgagee or a policy of title insurance shall be lodged with the mortgagee until the mortgage loan is paid. Loans for construction or rehabilitation shall provide for advances at the discretion of the lender as the work progresses and shall not exceed the amount of the advance commitment to insure without the consent of the authority.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-273a — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 135 / Section 8-273a
Sec. 8-273a. Relocation assistance by Commissioner of Transportation. Outdoor advertising structures. Appeals.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) Whenever the Commissioner of Transportation acquires an outdoor advertising structure, the amount of compensation to the owner of the outdoor advertising structure shall include either (A) payment for relocation costs incurred by such owner, or (B) the amount determined in accordance with subdivision (2) or (3) of this subsection. For purposes of this section, the fair market value of the outdoor advertising structure shall be determined by the income capitalization method.

(2) If the owner (A) is able to obtain, within one year of acquisition by the commissioner or any additional period to which the owner and the commissioner both consent, all state and local permits necessary for relocation of the outdoor advertising structure to another site in the Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, as designated in the federal census, in which the outdoor advertising structure is located, and (B) such site was not previously offered for sale or lease to the owner of the outdoor advertising structure, then the commissioner shall pay to the owner the replacement cost of the outdoor advertising structure, plus the fair market value of such outdoor advertising structure less the fair market value of the outdoor advertising structure at the new site.

(3) If the owner (A) is unable to obtain, within one year of acquisition by the commissioner or any additional period to which the owner and the commissioner both consent, all state and local permits necessary for relocation to another site in the same Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, as designated in the federal census in which the outdoor advertising structure is located, or (B) such site was previously offered for sale or lease to the owner of the outdoor advertising structure, the commissioner shall pay the fair market value of the outdoor advertising structure the commissioner has acquired. The owner shall provide to the commissioner written documentation sufficient to establish that all state and local necessary permits cannot be obtained for relocation within one year of acquisition or any additional period to which the owner and the commissioner both consent or that the only available relocation sites have been previously offered for sale or lease to the owner.

(4) Any person aggrieved by determination of the amount of compensation paid under this subsection may appeal to the State Properties Review Board.

(5) The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to authorize any action that is found to violate the provisions of 23 USC 131 or 23 CFR 750 or the terms of an agreement entered into by the Commissioner of Transportation with the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to subsection (b) of section 13a-123 .

Cited. 43 CS 457.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-67 — Connecticut Code / Title 8 / Chapter 128 / Section 8-67
Sec. 8-67. Injury on housing authority property.
Status: in_force

Annotations to former statute:

Provision in lease absolving authority from liability owing to lack of repairs held ineffective as defense. 16 CS 106. Notice requirement is a condition subsequent and lack of notice is a matter of defense; covers both negligence and nuisance actions. 21 CS 65. Demurrer sustained to a complaint which recited notice given to authority for notice did not contain any description whatsoever of the injury. Id., 132.

Annotations to present section:

Cited. 213 C. 354.

Cited. 38 CA 175. Employee of housing authority or its insurance carrier cannot waive the requisite notification to the housing authority. 63 CA 617. Letter sent to housing authority addressed “To Whom It May Concern” does not satisfy notice requirement and is not properly filed for purposes of section absent any evidence to demonstrate chairman or secretary received the letter. 148 CA 591.

Cited. 45 CS 136.