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CT Gen Stat § 8-286c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 136 - Department of Housing: Home Ownership Loans|Section 8-286c - Amount of guarantee. Record of payments to honor guarantees.

 (a) The maximum amount of any guarantee issued by the commissioner under the provisions of subsection (d) of section 8-286, section 8-289 and sections 8-286b to 8-286d, inclusive, shall be in an amount equal to twenty per cent of the mortgage on the real property.(b) The guarantee shall secure the mortgagee up to the amount of the guarantee for any loss incurred by the mortgagee because of default of the mortgagor, including losses in principal balance, interest and fees and expenses due to foreclosure.(c) The commissioner shall maintain a record of payments made to honor loan guarantees issued under the provisions of sections 8-286, 8-289 and 8-286b to 8-286d, inclusive.(P.A. 95-202, S. 3.)
CT Gen Stat § 8-286d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 136 - Department of Housing: Home Ownership Loans|Section 8-286d - Termination of loan guarantee.

 The commissioner may terminate any loan guarantee if the mortgagee misrepresents any information pertaining to the guarantee or fails to comply with any term of the mortgage guarantee agreement in connection with the guarantee of the underlying loan.(P.A. 95-202, S. 4.)
CT Gen Stat § 8-288 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 136 - Department of Housing: Home Ownership Loans|Section 8-288 - Issuance of bonds.

 The State Bond Commission shall authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series in accordance with section 3-20 and in a principal amount necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, but not in excess of an aggregate amount of thirteen million dollars. All of said bonds shall be payable at such place or places as may be determined by the Treasurer pursuant to section 3-19 and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, not exceeding five years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate or different or varying rates and be payable at such time or times, be in such denominations, with or without interest coupons attached, carry such registration and transfer privileges, be payable in such medium of payment and be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium as, irrespective of the provisions of said section 3-20, may be provided by the authorization of the State Bond Commission or fixed in accordance therewith. The proceeds of the sale of such bonds, together with the premium and interest on sale, if any, shall be deposited in the Housing Purchase and Rehabilitation Fund created under section 8-285. Such bonds 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 and interest of such bonds as the same become due. 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. Net earnings on investment or reinvestment of proceeds, accrued interest and premiums on the issuance of such bonds, after payment therefrom of expenses incurred by the Treasurer or State Bond Commission in connection with their issuance, shall be deposited in the General Fund of the state.(P.A. 77-612, S. 6; P.A. 79-573; P.A. 81-370, S. 3, 13; P.A. 82-1, S. 1, 2; P.A. 85-558, S. 8, 17; P.A. 86-396, S. 13, 25; P.A. 87-405, S. 9, 26.)History: P.A. 79-573 increased bond limit from $4,000,000 to $6,000,000 and made June 30, 1982, the last date for authorization of bonds; P.A. 81-370 increased the aggregate of bonds the bond commission may authorize for purposes of chapter 136 from to $6,500,000 and extended deadline to authorization by bond commission from June 30, 1982, to June 30, 1984; P.A. 82-1 increased aggregate amount of bonds that bond commission may authorize for the Housing Purchase and Rehabilitation Fund to $10,500,000 and extended the date by which such bonds may be authorized to June 30, 1985; P.A. 85-558 removed deadline for issuance of bonds under this section of June 30, 1985; P.A. 86-396 increased bond authorization to $11,000,000; P.A. 87-405 increased the bond authorization to $13,000,000.
CT Gen Stat § 8-289 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 136 - Department of Housing: Home Ownership Loans|Section 8-289 - Adoption of regulations or written procedures.

 The commissioner shall adopt regulations providing for financial qualifications of eligible families or persons, requirements and limitations as to adjustments of terms and conditions of repayment, funding priorities, guarantee conditions and any additional requirements as he deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter for loans or deferred loans made under this chapter prior to October 1, 1995. The authority shall adopt written procedures under section 1-121 for such purposes for loans or deferred loans made after October 1, 1995.(P.A. 77-612, S. 7; P.A. 95-202, S. 5; 95-250, S. 31, 42; 95-309, S. 11, 12.)History: P.A. 95-202 required commissioner to adopt regulations re guarantee conditions for loans or deferred loans made prior to October 1, 1995; P.A. 95-250 added provision re adoption of written procedures by the authority for loans or deferred loans made after October 1, 1995; P.A. 95-309 changed effective date of P.A. 95-250 but did not affect this section.
CT Gen Stat § 8-290 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 137 - Rehabilitation of Abandoned Industrial and Commercial Buildings|Section 8-290 - Declaration of policy.

 It is hereby found and declared that there exists within the municipalities of this state a large number of real properties containing vacant and abandoned buildings that were once used for industrial or commercial purposes, that many of these vacant and abandoned buildings are located in areas which are blighted or dilapidated and that the existence of such vacant and abandoned buildings contributes to the further decline of such blighted or dilapidated areas. It is further found that the abandonment and forfeiture of real properties with structures thereon is adversely affecting the economic well being of the municipalities and is inimical to the health, safety and welfare of the residents of this state. It is further found that many of the vacant and abandoned buildings can be rehabilitated, reconstructed or reused so as to provide safe and productive industrial or commercial facilities and that such rehabilitation, reconstruction or reuse would eliminate, remedy and prevent the adverse conditions described above. It is further found that private enterprise has not been able to undertake and carry out the rehabilitation, reconstruction or reuse of abandoned and vacant industrial or commercial buildings within the blighted or dilapidated areas of the municipalities of this state and that the provisions of this chapter are necessary and in the public interest.(P.A. 77-503, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 8-291 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 137 - Rehabilitation of Abandoned Industrial and Commercial Buildings|Section 8-291 - Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:(a) “Abandoned property” means any real property and any vacant structure thereon used or previously used for industrial or commercial purposes, which the owner has declared, in writing, to the building official to be abandoned, or real property on which there is a vacant structure used or previously used for industrial or commercial purposes which the owner has been given a written order by the building official to demolish and no application for a permit for rehabilitation or demolition has been applied for within thirty days after the date of such order or, if such permit has been granted, no rehabilitation or demolition work has been commenced within thirty days after the granting of such permit;(b) “Building official” means the person appointed pursuant to section 29-260;(c) “Municipality” means city, town or borough;(d) “Owner” means any holder, as appears in the land records of the municipality, of (1) title to real property and (2) any mortgage or other secured or equitable interest in such property;(e) “Rehabilitation permit” and “demolition permit” mean those permits obtained from a local building official under the state building code for the purpose of rehabilitating or demolishing a structure;(f) “Urban rehabilitator” means any person, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or other legal entity to which urban rehabilitation program property is conveyed;(g) “Urban rehabilitation agency” means the agency designated by the legislative body of a municipality pursuant to section 8-292.(P.A. 77-503, S. 2; P.A. 95-79, S. 17, 189.)History: P.A. 95-79 redefined “urban rehabilitator” to include a limited liability company, effective May 31, 1995.Cited. 194 C. 129.
CT Gen Stat § 8-292 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 137 - Rehabilitation of Abandoned Industrial and Commercial Buildings|Section 8-292 - Designation of urban rehabilitation agency.

 Any municipality may, by ordinance, establish an urban rehabilitation program and may authorize any existing board, commission, department or agency to be the urban rehabilitation agency or may, by ordinance, establish a new board, commission, department or agency to act as the urban rehabilitation agency. Such new urban rehabilitation agency shall be composed of not less than three nor more than nine members, all of whom shall be residents of the municipality appointed by the chief elected official with the approval of the legislative body. Those first appointed shall be designated to serve one, two and three years respectively and thereafter members shall be appointed annually to serve for three years. Each member shall serve until his successor is appointed and has qualified. Action by such an urban rehabilitation agency shall be taken by majority vote of members present, provided no action may be taken unless at least fifty per cent of the members are present. An urban rehabilitation agency created pursuant to this section shall select a secretary, who may be a member of the agency and may elect or employ such other officer, agent, technical consultants, legal counsel and employees as the agency requires. The members shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.(P.A. 77-503, S. 3.)
CT Gen Stat § 8-295 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 137 - Rehabilitation of Abandoned Industrial and Commercial Buildings|Section 8-295 - Selection of applicants.

 The urban rehabilitation agency shall select from among applicants for urban rehabilitation program property those applicants who in determination of the agency can acquire the necessary financial and technical resources to rehabilitate, own and manage urban rehabilitation program property.(P.A. 77-503, S. 6.)
CT Gen Stat § 8-296 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 137 - Rehabilitation of Abandoned Industrial and Commercial Buildings|Section 8-296 - Financial assistance. Abatement of real property taxes.

 (a) An urban rehabilitation agency may provide financial assistance to urban rehabilitators in the form of grants or loans for the purchase and rehabilitation of urban rehabilitation program property. All such loans, if made by the urban rehabilitation agency, shall be secured by a mortgage naming the municipality as the mortgagee, provided if any such loans are made from funds provided by the state or federal government or any other public or private entity, the state or federal government or the public or private agency may be the mortgagee, and provided further that a municipality may assign any such mortgage to another entity.(b) An urban rehabilitation agency may utilize federal, state or other public or private financial assistance, provided that any such assistance requiring local financial participation shall be first approved by the legislative body of the municipality.(c) An urban rehabilitation agency may recommend to the legislative body the abatement in whole or in part of real property taxes due on urban rehabilitation program property conveyed to an urban rehabilitator pursuant to sections 8-294 and 8-295, or the deferral of such taxes for a period not to exceed ten years. Such legislative body may, by resolution, authorize such abatement. All urban rehabilitation program property conveyed to an urban rehabilitator may be designated by the legislative body of a municipality as property eligible for deferral of increased assessment under the provisions of sections 12-65c to 12-65f, inclusive.(P.A. 77-503, S. 7.)
CT Gen Stat § 8-300 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 137a - Municipal Housing Finance Assistance Act|Section 8-300 - Short title.

 This chapter may be known and cited as the “Municipal Housing Finance Assistance Act”.(P.A. 79-596, S. 1, 17.)
CT Gen Stat § 8-305 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 137a - Municipal Housing Finance Assistance Act|Section 8-305 - Municipal powers under housing finance assistance plan.

 (a) In order to provide for low interest mortgage loans to low and moderate income families and persons, the municipality may, pursuant to the housing finance assistance plan, (1) make commitments to purchase, and purchase, service and sell mortgages or any interest therein and (2) make loans to lending institutions for the purpose of making any such mortgage loans, provided that any such mortgage shall be a mortgage of realty located within the boundaries of the municipality, and provided further that the aggregate amount of mortgages purchased or loans made hereunder, excluding those insured or guaranteed by any department, agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, a public corporation chartered by Congress, any department, agency or instrumentality of the state, or a provider of private mortgage insurance, shall not at any one time exceed two per cent of the municipality's most recent grand list.(b) The municipality shall exercise the powers conferred in this section only to provide assistance in the financing of bona fide housing purchase transactions, and it shall take, or shall cause to be taken, all steps necessary to insure that no refinancing of an existing mortgage loan is accomplished either directly or indirectly with the assistance provided for in this chapter.(P.A. 79-596, S. 6, 17.)
CT Gen Stat § 8-308 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 137a - Municipal Housing Finance Assistance Act|Section 8-308 - Bonds to be special obligations payable only from certain pledged revenue.

 Bonds and notes issued pursuant to this chapter shall be special obligations of the municipality and shall not be payable from nor charged upon any funds other than the revenues pledged to the payment thereof, nor shall the municipality issuing the same be subject to any liability thereon except to the extent of such pledged revenues. No holder of any bonds or notes shall have the right to compel any exercise of the taxing power of the municipality to pay any bonds or notes or the interest thereon, nor to enforce payment thereon against any property of the municipality except the property mortgaged or otherwise encumbered under the provisions and for the purposes of this chapter. The bonds and notes shall not constitute a charge, lien or encumbrance, legal or equitable, upon any property of the municipality, except the property mortgaged or otherwise encumbered under the provisions and for the purposes of this chapter. The substance of such limitation shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond and note, with appropriate modification in the case of bonds and notes secured by the covenant and pledge of a municipality to restore the capital reserve funds to the maximum capital reserve fund requirement. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of section 8-307, bonds and notes issued pursuant to this chapter shall not be subject to any statutory limitation on the indebtedness of the municipality and such bonds and notes when issued shall not be included in computing the aggregate indebtedness of the municipality in respect to and to the extent of any such limitation.(P.A. 79-596, S. 9, 17.)
CT Gen Stat § 8-309 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 137a - Municipal Housing Finance Assistance Act|Section 8-309 - Separate accounts to be established for purposes of this chapter.

 (a) All moneys of the municipality derived in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter, except as otherwise authorized or provided in this chapter, shall be deposited as soon as practicable in a separate account or accounts in banks or trust companies organized under the laws of the state or in national banking associations doing business in the state. The moneys in such accounts shall be paid out on checks signed by such officer or employee of the municipality as the legislative body shall authorize. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a municipality shall have power to contract with the holders of any of its notes or bonds as to the custody, collection, securing, investment and payment of any moneys of the municipality derived in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter and of any moneys held in a trust or otherwise for the payment of notes or bonds, and to carry out such contract.(b) Subject to the provisions of any contract with noteholders and bondholders, the municipality issuing notes or bonds pursuant to this chapter shall prescribe a system of accounts. All such accounts shall be kept separate from other accounts of the municipality and shall be used for the purposes of this chapter and for no other purpose.(c) Accounts of the municipality established in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter shall be annually audited in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-230 to 4-236, inclusive, by an independent auditor, as defined in section 4-230, who shall be designated in accordance with the provisions of section 4-232, and a report of such audit and the books and records of the municipality kept with respect to any action taken or account established under this chapter, including books and records pertaining to its receipts, disbursements, contracts, reserve funds, sinking funds and investment, shall be open to public inspection.(P.A. 79-596, S. 10, 17; P.A. 91-401, S. 11, 20.)History: P.A. 91-401 amended Subsec. (c) to require that audits be conducted in accordance with Secs. 4-230 to 4-236, inclusive, and by auditor instead of certified public accountant, effective July 1, 1993.
CT Gen Stat § 8-310 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 137a - Municipal Housing Finance Assistance Act|Section 8-310 - Appointment of trustee to represent holders of bonds or notes in event of default.

 (a) In the event that bonds or notes are issued without appointment of a trustee under a trust indenture, then, in the event that the municipality defaults in the payment of principal of or interest on any issue of notes or bonds after the same shall become due, whether at maturity or upon call for redemption, and such default shall continue for a period of thirty days, or in the event that the municipality shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of this chapter, or shall default in any agreement made with the holders of any issue of notes or bonds, the holders of twenty-five per cent in aggregate principal amount of the notes or bonds of such issue then outstanding, by instrument or instruments filed in the office of the clerk of such municipality and proved or acknowledged in the same manner as a deed to be recorded, may appoint a trustee to represent the holders of such notes or bonds for the purposes herein provided.(b) Such trustee may, and upon written request of the holders of twenty-five per cent in principal amount of such notes or bonds then outstanding shall, in his own name: (1) By suit, action or proceeding in accordance with the general statutes enforce all rights of the noteholders or bondholders, including the right to require the municipality to carry out any agreement with such holders and to perform its duties under this chapter; (2) bring suit upon such notes or bonds; (3) by action or suit, require the municipality to account as if it were the trustee of an express trust for the holders of such notes or bonds; (4) by action or suit, enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the holders of such notes or bonds; (5) declare all such notes or bonds due and payable, and if all defaults shall be made good, then, with the consent of the holders of twenty-five per cent of the principal amount of such notes or bonds then outstanding, annul such declaration and its consequences.(c) The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction of any suit, action or proceeding brought on behalf of such noteholders or bondholders by any trustee therefor, whether appointed by such holders or pursuant to a trust indenture. The venue of any such suit, action or proceeding shall be laid in the municipality against which any such remedy is sought.(d) Before declaring the principal of notes or bonds due and payable, such trustee shall first give thirty days' notice in writing to the municipality.(P.A. 79-596, S. 11, 17.)
CT Gen Stat § 8-311 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 137a - Municipal Housing Finance Assistance Act|Section 8-311 - Bonds and notes issued under this chapter are securities for investment purposes.

 The notes and bonds issued pursuant to this chapter are hereby made securities in which all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and savings associations, including savings and loan associations, building and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or in other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest funds, including capital, in their control or belonging to them. The notes and bonds are also hereby made securities which may be deposited with and may be received by all public officers and bodies of the state and all municipalities for any purpose of which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the state is now or may hereafter be authorized.(P.A. 79-596, S. 12, 17.)