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CT Gen Stat § 8-169ss (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 130 - Redevelopment and Urban Renewal. State and Federal Aid. Community Development. Urban Homesteading. Abandoned and Blighted Property|Section 8-169ss - Encouragement to hire local employees. Workforce Training Authority assistance with training and recruitment.

 The authority, member municipalities and joint member entities shall encourage businesses, as appropriate, to hire local employees. Any business that receives financial assistance from the authority shall enter into an agreement with the Workforce Training Authority established pursuant to section 31-11ii for assistance with the training and recruitment of workers.(P.A. 19-117, S. 223.)
CT Gen Stat § 8-169o (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 130 - Redevelopment and Urban Renewal. State and Federal Aid. Community Development. Urban Homesteading. Abandoned and Blighted Property|Section 8-169o - 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 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 are adversely affecting the economic well being of the municipalities and are 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 decent, safe and sanitary housing and ancillary commercial facilities and that such rehabilitation, reconstruction and reuse would eliminate, remedy and prevent the adverse conditions described above. It is further found that in blighted or dilapidated residential areas in municipalities of this state there are vacant municipally owned real properties where safe and sanitary housing could be constructed. 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 buildings and the construction of housing on vacant municipally owned real properties within the blighted or dilapidated areas of the municipalities of this state and that the provisions of this part are necessary and in the public interest.(P.A. 75-452, S. 1, 8; P.A. 86-405, S. 3, 12.)History: P.A. 86-405 added findings re housing construction on vacant municipally owned real properties.
CT Gen Stat § 8-169q (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 130 - Redevelopment and Urban Renewal. State and Federal Aid. Community Development. Urban Homesteading. Abandoned and Blighted Property|Section 8-169q - Designation of urban homesteading agency.

 Any municipality may, by ordinance, establish an urban homesteading program and may authorize any existing board, commission, department or agency, including a housing authority, redevelopment agency or any nonprofit community housing development corporation complying with the provisions of section 8-217, to be the urban homesteading agency or may, by ordinance, establish a new board, commission, department or agency to act as the urban homesteading agency. Such new urban homesteading 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 or the board of selectmen in the case of a municipality in which the legislative body is a town meeting. 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 homesteading 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 homesteading 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 officers, agents, 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. 75-452, S. 3, 8; P.A. 94-59, S. 2.)History: P.A. 94-59 added provision that appointments be made by the board of selectmen in the case of a municipality in the legislative body is a town meeting.
CT Gen Stat § 8-169t (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 130 - Redevelopment and Urban Renewal. State and Federal Aid. Community Development. Urban Homesteading. Abandoned and Blighted Property|Section 8-169t - Selection of urban homesteaders.

 The urban homesteading agency shall select from among applicants for urban homestead program property those applicants who in the determination of the agency can acquire the necessary financial and technical resources to rehabilitate or construct, own and manage urban homestead program property. Such property shall be offered to such qualified applicants in accordance with the following priorities: (1) Persons displaced by governmental activities declaring in writing their intent to occupy the property for a period of not less than two years; (2) low and moderate income families declaring in writing their intent to occupy the property for a period of not less than two years; (3) families or persons declaring in writing their intent to occupy the property for a period of not less than two years; (4) nonprofit community housing development corporations; (5) any other qualified applicant, provided the urban homesteading agency has certified that no qualified urban homesteaders of higher priority have applied.(P.A. 75-452, S. 6, 8; P.A. 86-405, S. 7, 12; P.A. 87-417, S. 2, 10.)History: P.A. 86-405 added reference to “construction” of urban homestead program property and amended Subdiv. (4) to authorize offering of property to limited equity cooperatives; P.A. 87-417 amended Subdiv. (4) by deleting provisions re limited equity cooperatives, effective July 1, 1988.
CT Gen Stat § 8-169u (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 130 - Redevelopment and Urban Renewal. State and Federal Aid. Community Development. Urban Homesteading. Abandoned and Blighted Property|Section 8-169u - Financial assistance. Abatement of real property taxes.

 (a) An urban homesteading agency may provide financial assistance to urban homesteaders for the purchase and rehabilitation of, or construction on, urban homestead program property. Such financial assistance may be in the form of grants, loans or deferred loans for the community housing development corporation chartered under section 8-218f and in the form of loans for other urban homesteaders. All such loans or deferred loans, if made by the urban homesteading 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. In the case of a deferred loan, the contract shall require that payments on interest are due immediately but that payments on principal may be made at a later time.(b) An urban homesteading 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 homesteading agency may recommend to the legislative body the abatement in whole or in part of real property taxes due on urban homestead program property conveyed to an urban homesteader pursuant to sections 8-169s and 8-169t, 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 homestead program property conveyed to an urban homesteader 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. 75-452, S. 7, 8; P.A. 76-57, S. 1, 3; P.A. 86-405, S. 8, 12; P.A. 87-417, S. 3, 10; P.A. 92-166, S. 8, 31.)History: P.A. 76-57 substituted “resolution” for “ordinance”; P.A. 86-405 authorized urban homesteading agency to provide financial assistance for construction on urban homestead program property and allowed financial assistance to be in form of grants or loans for limited equity cooperatives and community housing development corporation chartered under Sec. 8-218e and in form of loans for other urban homesteaders; P.A. 87-417 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provisions re assistance to limited equity cooperatives, effective July 1, 1988; P.A. 92-166 amended Subsec. (a) by making deferred loans a form of financial assistance available under the section and providing that payments on interest are due immediately but that payments on principal may be made at a later time.
CT Gen Stat § 8-169v (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 130 - Redevelopment and Urban Renewal. State and Federal Aid. Community Development. Urban Homesteading. Abandoned and Blighted Property|Section 8-169v - Acceptance of real property from United States government.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of sections 8-169o to 8-169u, inclusive, an urban homesteading agency may accept, on behalf of the municipality, any real property tendered to it without payment by the United States of America, acting by and through the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, pursuant to the provisions of Section 810 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-383). Upon acquisition of real property by the urban homesteading agency under this section, the urban homesteading agency shall publish at least twice a notice in a newspaper having general circulation in the municipality that such property is available. Such notice shall include the estimated purchase price, the qualifications of the applicant, procedures for bidding on the property and the closing date for such bidding. The second notice shall be published not less than two weeks before such closing date. In addition, thereto, the legislative body of a municipality may, upon recommendation of the urban homesteading agency, authorize conveyance of such real property to an urban homesteader meeting the requirements of Subsection (b)(3) of Section 810 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 in accordance with the requirements and procedures set forth in Section 810 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and any regulations promulgated thereunder by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.(P.A. 76-57, S. 2, 3.)
CT Gen Stat § 8-186 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 132 - Municipal Development Projects|Section 8-186 - Declaration of policy.

 It is found and declared that the economic welfare of the state depends upon the continued growth of industry and business within the state; that the acquisition and improvement of unified land and water areas and vacated commercial plants to meet the needs of industry and business should be in accordance with local, regional and state planning objectives; that such acquisition and improvement often cannot be accomplished through the ordinary operations of private enterprise at competitive rates of progress and economies of cost; that permitting and assisting municipalities to acquire and improve unified land and water areas and to acquire and improve or demolish vacated commercial plants for industrial and business purposes and, in distressed municipalities, to lend funds to businesses and industries within a project area in accordance with such planning objectives are public uses and purposes for which public moneys may be expended; and that the necessity in the public interest for the provisions of this chapter is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.(1967, P.A. 760, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 87, S. 1; P.A. 74-184, S. 1, 10; P.A. 75-480, S. 1, 8; P.A. 84-243, S. 1.)History: 1972 act included vacated commercial plants in provisions of section; P.A. 74-184 allowed demolition of vacated commercial plants as well as acquisition or improvement; P.A. 75-480 included water areas in provisions of section; P.A. 84-243 included reference to use of funds for loans in distressed municipalities.Cited. 184 C. 51; 206 C. 579. A unified land and water area is one that exists because of the combination of separate land parcels into a unitary development scheme and is not limited to vacant land and includes developed or occupied land. 268 C. 1.Cited. 35 CS 157.
CT Gen Stat § 8-188 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 132 - Municipal Development Projects|Section 8-188 - Designation of development agency.

 Any municipality which has a planning commission is authorized, by vote of its legislative body, to designate the economic development commission or the redevelopment agency of such municipality or a nonprofit development corporation as its development agency and exercise through such agency the powers granted under this chapter, except that the Quinnipiac Valley Development Corporation, organized and existing by virtue of the provisions of number 625 of the special acts of 1957, may be designated as a development agency, for the purposes of this chapter, to act as such within the geographical area specified in section 2 of said special act. Any municipality may, with the approval of the commissioner, designate a separate economic development commission, redevelopment agency or nonprofit development corporation as its development agency for each development project undertaken by the municipality pursuant to this chapter.(1967, P.A. 760, S. 3; 1969, P.A. 404, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 86; P.A. 78-357, S. 10, 16; P.A. 82-55, S. 2, 3.)History: 1969 act allowed consideration of Quinnipiac Valley Development Corporation as development agency; 1971 act allowed municipality to designate nonprofit development corporation as its development agency; P.A. 78-357 allowed distressed municipalities to designate more than one development agency; P.A. 82-55 specified that municipality's designation of separate commissions for separate projects is contingent upon approval of the commissioner.
CT Gen Stat § 8-190 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 132 - Municipal Development Projects|Section 8-190 - Planning grants and special planning grants.

 The commissioner is authorized to make planning grants and special planning grants to municipalities to facilitate the planning of development projects, provided (a) no such grant shall be made in an amount in excess of fifty per cent of the estimated reasonable cost of such planning as determined by said commissioner and (b) the municipal share of such planning costs may be paid in noncash contributions, the value of such contributions to be determined by the commissioner. Planning grants and special planning grants may be made to any distressed municipality, as defined in section 32-9p, in amounts up to one hundred per cent of such planning costs if the commissioner determines that there is a substantial likelihood that the planned development project will be consummated. Special planning grants may be authorized for development projects consisting, predominantly, of industrial buildings, which it is anticipated, within eighteen months, shall have more than fifty per cent of the usable floor area unused or substantially underutilized and shall result in significant unemployment. Said commissioner may consult with and advise any development agency in the preparation of a plan for a development project.(1967, P.A. 760, S. 5; 1971, P.A. 505, S. 3; P.A. 74-184, S. 4, 10; P.A. 75-480, S. 4, 8; P.A. 76-134, S. 1; P.A. 78-357, S. 11, 16; P.A. 79-582, S. 3, 4; P.A. 85-50, S. 2.)History: 1971 act substituted Connecticut development commission for commissioner of community affairs; P.A. 74-184 substituted commissioner of commerce for Connecticut development commission; P.A. 75-480 applied existing provisions to special planning grants and added provision concerning special planning grants for projects involving underused industrial buildings; P.A. 76-134 changed maximum amount of grant from full estimated cost to 50% of estimated cost of planning and replaced provision deducting amount of planning grant from other development grant which might be made with provision that municipal share of planning costs may be noncash contributions the value of which is to be determined by the commissioner; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of economic development for commissioner of commerce, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-357 allowed grants for full planning costs to distressed municipalities; P.A. 79-582 changed unused floor space requirement from 75% to 50%; P.A. 85-50 made industrial buildings anticipated, within 18 months, instead of within one year, to have more than 50% of usable floor area either unused or substantially underutilized, instead of only unused, eligible for special planning grants.
CT Gen Stat § 8-191a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 132 - Municipal Development Projects|Section 8-191a - Effect of commissioner's failure to make environmental evaluation.

 No plan prepared and approved under sections 8-189 and 8-191, which includes the findings enumerated in subdivisions (12) and (13) of section 8-189, shall be invalid and deemed ineffective solely because of the commissioner's failure to comply with any provision of sections 22a-1a to 22a-1f, inclusive. All actions taken by the commissioner between February 1, 1975, and June 14, 1977, are validated. Nothing in this section or section 8-191, 8-193 or 8-196 shall relieve the commissioner from the commissioner's obligation to comply with sections 22a-1a to 22a-1f, inclusive, subsequent to June 14, 1977.(P.A. 77-410, S. 4, 5; P.A. 07-141, S. 21.)History: P.A. 07-141 substituted “subdivisions (12) and (13)” for “subsection (k)” re findings and made a technical change.Cited. 184 C. 51.
CT Gen Stat § 8-196 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 132 - Municipal Development Projects|Section 8-196 - Joint projects.

 Any two or more municipalities by vote of their respective legislative bodies may, through their respective development agencies, jointly initiate a development project where the project area is to be located in one or more of such towns, and after approval by the commissioner of the project plan therefor if any state aid is to be requested under section 8-190 or 8-195, enter into, and thereafter amend, an agreement for the purposes of jointly carrying out the project plan through their respective development agencies, which agreement may include provisions for furnishing municipal services to, and sharing costs of, and revenues, including property tax and rental receipts, from, the development project. A proposed form of the agreement to be entered into by such towns shall be included as part of the project plan. In furtherance of its obligations under such an agreement, each town which is a party thereto may make appropriations and levy taxes in accordance with the provisions of the general statutes and may issue bonds in accordance with section 8-192.(1967, P.A. 760, S. 11; 1971, P.A. 505, S. 7; P.A. 74-184, S. 8, 10; P.A. 75-480, S. 7, 8; P.A. 77-410, S. 3, 5.)History: 1971 act substituted Connecticut development commission for commissioner of community affairs; P.A. 74-184 substituted commissioner of commerce for Connecticut development commission; P.A. 75-480 deleted requirement that municipalities jointly initiating project be contiguous and simply required approval by commissioner rather than “final approval”; P.A. 77-410 required approval of commissioner “if any state aid is to be requested under section 8-190 or 8-195”; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of economic development for commissioner of commerce, effective January 1, 1979.Cited. 184 C. 51.
CT Gen Stat § 8-197 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 132 - Municipal Development Projects|Section 8-197 - Furnishing of municipal services to other municipalities.

 Any municipality by vote of its legislative body may for consideration furnish municipal services to, or have municipal services furnished to it by, one or more other municipalities. The consideration for such services may be based, in whole or in part, upon a formula which takes into account the taxes levied on so much of the real property situated in the municipality to which such services are to be furnished as, in the judgment of the legislative body thereof, will be appreciably benefited by such services.(1967, P.A. 760, S. 12.)
CT Gen Stat § 8-198 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 132 - Municipal Development Projects|Section 8-198 - Regulations.

 The commissioner is authorized to make and enforce reasonable regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter.(1967, P.A. 760, S. 13; 1971, P.A. 505, S. 8; P.A. 74-184, S. 9, 10.)History: 1971 act substituted Connecticut development commission for commissioner of community affairs; P.A. 74-184 substituted commissioner of commerce for Connecticut development commission; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of economic development for commissioner of commerce, effective January 1, 1979.
CT Gen Stat § 8-199 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 132 - Municipal Development Projects|Section 8-199 - Action to be taken in name of municipality.

 Any development agency shall exercise its powers in the name of the municipality, and all bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be issued in the name of the municipality and title to land taken or acquired pursuant to a development plan shall be solely in the name of the municipality.(1967, P.A. 760, S. 15.)